ticket agent

IPA/ˈtɪk.ɪt ˌeɪ.dʒənt/
IPA/ˈtɪk.ɪt ˌeɪ.dʒənt/

ticket agent — 名詞

1. a member of staff who sells travel or event tickets to customers, usually at a s

1.名詞B2
釋義

售票員

負責販售車票、機票或門票的工作人員

a member of staff who sells travel or event tickets to customers, usually at a station, airport, or box-office window.

例句

Valentina asked the ticket agent at the station which train reached Milan fastest.

Valentina 向車站的售票員詢問哪一班火車最快抵達米蘭。

ask the ticket agent + question

The ticket agent printed two boarding passes and pointed Kofi toward gate twelve.

售票員印出兩張登機證,並指引 Kofi 前往十二號登機門。

同義詞

用法筆記

Usually paired with a workplace such as a station, airport, or theatre; the agent is the one who issues or checks the tickets, while the customer is the one who buys.

常見錯誤

A ticket agent planned my whole holiday, hotels and all.
A travel agent planned my whole holiday, hotels and all.
💡a ticket agent only sells tickets, while a travel agent arranges the whole trip.
I bought the tickets at the ticket agent.
I bought the tickets from the ticket agent.
💡the agent is a person, so you buy tickets from them, not at them.