An intermediary is a person or group that stands in the middle and tries to help two other people or groups agree. A friend who carries messages between two people who will not speak, a person who helps two companies settle a fight, a group that sits between two countries and keeps the talk going — those are intermediaries.

An intermediaryintermediary is a person or group that stands in the middle是站在中間的一個人或一個團體，and tries to help two other people or groups agree試著幫另外兩個人或團體達成共識。A friend who carries messages between two people who will not speak一個幫兩個不肯講話的人傳話的朋友、a person who helps two companies settle a fight一個幫兩家公司化解糾紛的人、a group that sits between two countries and keeps the talk going一個坐在兩個國家中間、讓對話持續下去的團體——those are intermediaries這些都是intermediaries。

The word is fairly formal. In daily life you might say go-between; in news and business you will hear intermediary a lot.

The word is fairly formal這個字相當正式。In daily life you might say go-between日常生活裡你可能會說go-between；in news and business you will hear intermediary a lot在新聞和商業場合你會很常聽到intermediary。

Though actually, people also stretch it for anyone who passes something from A to B, not only for peace-making — a bank can be an intermediary for money. The sense here, though, is the helper who works toward an agreement.

Though actually不過其實，people also stretch it for anyone who passes something from A to B大家也會把它用得更廣，指任何把東西從A傳到B的人，not only for peace-making不只是用在調停——a bank can be an intermediary for money銀行也可以是資金的intermediary。The sense here, though不過這裡講的意思，is the helper who works toward an agreement是那個努力促成協議的幫手。