represent /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/ CET4 TEM4 ( representing, represented, represents )

• 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

  例：

  ...the politicians we elect to represent us.

  …我们所选的代表我们的政治家。

  例：

  ...Richard Bolling, a Democrat who represented Missouri in Congress.

  …理查德•博林，一个在国会中代表密苏里州的民主党人。

• 2. 

  V-T If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf. 代表 (出席)

  例：

  The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.

  秘书长可以在官方仪式上代表主席。

• 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 (参赛)

  例：

  My only aim is to represent the United States at the Olympics.

  我惟一的目标就是代表美国参加奥运会。

• 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

  例：

  Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama.

  女性在电视戏剧领域已经占有很大比例。

• 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]

  例：

  ...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed to represent the source of the radiation.

  …圆圈中央的黑点应该表示射线的来源。

• 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]

  例：

  New York represents everything that's great about America.

  纽约象征着美国伟大的一切。

• 7. 

  V-T If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing. 描写; 描绘

  例：

  The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.

  大众媒体倾向于把他描绘成环保领袖。