represent
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person, a group of people, or a place, they act on behalf of that person, group, or place. 代表; 代理
...the politicians we elect to represent us. …我們所選的代表我們的政治家。
...Richard Bolling, a Democrat who represented Missouri in Congress. …理查德?博林，一個在國會中代表密蘇里州的民主黨人。
2. V-T If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf. 代表 (出席)
The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies. 秘書長可以在官方儀式上代表主席。
3. V-T If you represent your country or city in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or city where you live. 代表 (參賽)
My only aim is to represent the United States at the Olympics. 我惟一的目標(biāo)就是代表美國參加奧運(yùn)會。
4. V-T PASSIVE If a group of people or things is well represented in a particular activity or in a particular place, a lot of them can be found there. 使有代表性
Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama. 女性在電視戲劇領(lǐng)域已經(jīng)占有很大比例。
5. V-T If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing. 代表; 表示; 象征[no cont]
...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed to represent the source of the radiation. …圓圈中央的黑點(diǎn)應(yīng)該表示射線的來源。
6. V-T To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality. 代表; 象征; 反映[no cont, no passive]
New York represents everything that's great about America. 紐約象征著美國偉大的一切。
7. V-T If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing. 描寫; 描繪
The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru. 大眾媒體傾向于把他描繪成環(huán)保領(lǐng)袖。
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represent /?r?pr??z?nt/ (representing,represented,represents)
劍橋詞典
- All the local churches were represented at the memorial service .
- All the nations of the world will be represented at the conference .
- A group of four teachers were delegated to represent the school at the union conference .
- They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school .
- A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused .
- ? and 0.25 are different ways of representing the same fraction .
- The wild cards are represented here by asterisks .
- The decimal system represents numbers in terms of groups of ten.
- Each number on the scale represents twice the speed of the preceding number .
- Writers of realist novels try to represent life as it is.
- The course represents excellent value for money .
- This huge , unfinished building represents the last hurrah of the former regime .
- The new price represents a saving of more than 40 percent .
- This new policy represents a change of direction for the government .
- Her father's blessing represented a bestowal of consent upon her marriage . 返回 represent
represent verb (ACT FOR)
[ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ]to speak , act , or be present officially for another person or people
作為…的代表（或代理人）；作為…的代言人
They chose a famous barrister to represent them in court . 他們選了一位著名律師為他們出庭辯護(hù)。
Union officials representing the teachers met the government today. 代表教師的工會干事今天與政府官員會談。
I sent my husband to represent me at the funeral . 我讓我丈夫代表我參加葬禮。
Women were well/poorly represented at the conference (= there were many/few present ). 出席會議的女性很多／少。
[ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ]
to be the Member of Parliament, or of Congress , etc. for a particular area
（在議會或國會中等）代表某一地區(qū)
Ed Smythe represents Barnet. 艾德·斯邁思是巴尼特的代表。
[ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ]
to be the person from a country , school , etc. that is in a competition
代表（國家，學(xué)校等參加比賽）
She was chosen to represent France at the Olympics. 她獲選代表法國參加奧運(yùn)會。
formal
to express or complain about something, to a person in authority
提出；表達(dá)；向…抗議
We represented our grievances /demands to the boss . 我們向老板表達(dá)了我們的不滿／要求。
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represent verb (DESCRIBE)
[ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ]to show or describe something or someone
表現(xiàn)；展現(xiàn)；描繪；描述
[ 動詞后面接一個動詞ing結(jié)構(gòu) ] The statue represents St. George kill ing the dragon . 這座雕像展現(xiàn)的是圣喬治斬龍的故事。
This new report represents the current situation in our schools . 這份新的報告介紹了我們這兒的學(xué)校現(xiàn)狀。
He represents himself as an expert , but he knows nothing. 他自稱是個專家，可是他一竅不通。
[ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ]
to be a sign or symbol of something
表示；象征；代表
To many people the White House represents the identity of the United States. 在許多人看來，白宮是美國的象征。
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represent verb (BE)
[ 系動詞：后面接回指句子主語的名詞或形容詞的不及物動詞 + noun ]to be the result of something, or to be something
意味著；等于；相當(dāng)于
This book represents ten years of thought and research . 這本書是10年思考和研究的結(jié)晶。
The new offer represented an increase of 10 percent on the previous one. 新的報價比上一次報價高出10%。
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