proxy
n
1 [C] person authorized to act on behalf of another 代理人; 代表
act as sb's proxy 充当某人的代理人
He made his wife his proxy. 他让妻子作他的代表.
2
(a) [U] authority to represent sb else (esp in voting at an election) 代理权; (尤指)代表他人投票之权利
vote by proxy 由他人代为投票
[attrib 作定语]
a proxy vote 委托他人代理的投票.
(b) [C] document that gives such authority 委托书; 委托他人投票的授权书.
This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the'happy few' during the past centuries.