in the trading sense, 1795, from middle + man. From mid-15c. as the name of some type of workman in wire-making. From 1741 as "one who takes a middle course."
实用例句
1. Buy direct from the manufacturer and cut out the middleman .
直接从生产厂家购买，绕过中间商。
来自《权威词典》
2. 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？
来自柯林斯例句
3. There was no middleman in this transaction.
这笔交易没有中间人。
来自辞典例句
4. He acted as a middleman in discussions between the two companies.
