middlemen

英 [ˈmɪd(ə)lˌmæn]

美 [ˈmɪdəlˌmɛn]

n. 中间商; 经销商; 经纪人; 中间人; 掮客
middleman的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 经纪人;中间商；经销商
Amiddlemanis a person or company which buys things from the people who produce them and sells them to the people who want to buy them.
1. Why don't they cut out the middleman and let us do it ourselves?
  他们为什么不甩开中间商，让我们自己干呢？
N-COUNT 中间人;掮客；调解人
Amiddlemanis a person who helps in negotiations between people who are unwilling to meet each other directly.
1. The two sides would only meet indirectly, through middlemen.
  双方只会通过中间人间接接触。