a person or company that buys goods or services from a supplier and sells them to sb else 中间商◆Buy direct from the manufacturer and cut out the middleman. 跳过中间商，直接从制造商处购买。
a person or an organization who helps to arrange things between people who are unable or unwilling to deal with each other directly 中间人；中介人◆The broker acts as the middleman between buyers and sellers. 经纪人扮演着买卖双方之间的中间人的角色。◆The payments were made through a middleman. 这笔款项支付通过中间人进行。SYNintermediary