represent

高中CET4CET6TOEFL考研IELTS

英[ˌreprɪˈzent]
美[ˌreprɪˈzent]

基本释义

v.
代表; 象征; 维护…的利益; 相当于; 描绘; 正式提出

词性变化

实用例句

The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries.

这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。

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Local businesses are well represented on the committee (= there are a lot of people from them on the committee) .

委员会中有许多地方企业的代表。

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The President was represented at the ceremony by the Vice-President.

副总统代表总统出席了这次庆典。

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The union represents over 200 000 teachers.

工会代表着20余万名教师的利益。

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The association was formed to represent the interests of women artists.

成立这个协会是为了维护女性艺术家的利益。

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Ms Dale is representing the defendant (= is his/her lawyer) in the case.

在这个案件当中,戴尔女士为被告作辩护。

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This contract represents 20% of the company's annual revenue.

这份合约相当于公司20%的年收入。

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This decision represents a significant departure from previous policy.

这个决定意味着在很大程度上脱离了原先的政策。

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a project representing all that is good in the community

体现着社区中一切美好形象的工程

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Those comments do not represent the views of us all.

这些言论并不是我们所有人的看法。

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Each colour on the chart represents a different department.

图表中的每一种颜色都代表一个不同的部门。

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Wind direction is represented by arrows.

风向是用箭头表示的。

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The carvings represent a hunting scene.

这些雕刻作品描绘了一幅狩猎的场面。

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The results are represented in fig.3 below.

结果如下面的图3所示。

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The king is represented as a villain in the play.

剧中国王的形象是一个恶棍。

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The risks were represented as negligible.

他们把风险说得微不足道。

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They represented their concerns to the authorities.

他们向当局陈述了他们关心的问题。

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...the politicians we elect to represent us...

我们选举出来代表我们的政界人士

The offer has yet to be accepted by the lawyers representing the victims.

受害者的代理律师还没有接受这个提议。

The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.

总书记可以在一些官方仪式上代表主席。

My only aim is to represent Britain at the Olympics.

我唯一的目标是代表英国参加奥运会。

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

女性在电视剧领域占据了一席之地。

In New Mexico all kinds of cuisines are represented.

在新墨西哥州, 有各种各样的烹饪方法。

The pieces on view are not grouped around any one theme, but rather represent superb examples from various periods...

展出的作品并非围绕着一个主题,而是不同时期的经典之作。

These developments represented a major change in the established order.

这些发展代表了现有秩序的重大转变。

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

圆圈中心的黑点应该是表示放射源。

We believe you represent everything British racing needs.

我们相信你代表了英国赛马所需要的一切。

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

大众媒体往往把他描绘成环保领袖。

真题例句

What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It represents a change in the modern world.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But this won't necessarily represent.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

But critics say the digital access codes represent the same profit-seeking ethos (观念) of the textbook business, and are even harder for students to opt out of.

2018年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

If all four bills pass as written, they would represent a substantial update of michigan's 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driving vehicles in limited conditions.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

Textbooks represent an 11 billion dollar industry, up from $8 billion in 2014.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The textbook industry insists the online systems represent a better deal for students.

2018年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

These companies, which long reaped big profits as textbook publishers, have boasted that their new online offerings, when pushed to students through universities they partner with, represent the future of the industry.

2018年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Panini's Ancient Rome and Modern Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

It represented genuine American artIt was a completely new inventionPursuit of beautyEase of care.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

It represents the rapid technological advance in people's daily life.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The National Association of Social Workers represents nearly 145,000 social workers across the country.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Still, Jones represents a small percentage of first-generation students who are able to gain entry into more elite universities, which are often known for robust financial aid packages and remarkably high graduation rates for first-generation students.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Nijay represents a large and growing group of Americans: first-generation college students who enter school unprepared or behind.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It represents social progress.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

In some ways, said Dr.Daniel Sulmasy, it represents a failure of wider society to take up the issue.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

He thought it represented the will of the Harvard community.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

In the modem industrialised agricultural process—which developing nations are moving towards in order to increase future yields—energy usage in the making and application of fertilisers and pesticides represents the single biggest component.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Energy to power machinery, both on the farm and in the storage and processing facilities, adds to the energy total, which currently represents about

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

They represent the current situation.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

It represents the nation's glorious past.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Several opponents have recently emerged, ranging from rival tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon to small bodies representing authors and publishers across the world.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

They represent the latest fashion in the business circles.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comParison to total waste, the concentration of gold and other precious metals was higher in so-called e-waste than in nature.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

For most of the last century, the car represented what it meant to be American—going forward at high speed to find new worlds.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

If special clothes are used, they should truly represent a given period.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

In many cultures, round foods such as grapes, bread, and moon cakes are eaten at welcome celebrations to represent family unity.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

In the southern United States, pieces of corn bread represent blocks of gold for prosperity in the new year.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Peter have rung six times, representing the passing of winter, the pile is lit.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The circle is divided into sections, and each section represents a fraction of the data.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The fascination with the ict information and communication technology revolution, represented by the Internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so " yesterday " that they should try to live on ideas.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The graph is commonly used to show percentages; the whole pie represents l00 percent, so each piece is a fraction of the whole.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The loss of glaciers there due to global warming represents an enormous threat to agriculture.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

You might represent each letter with a number, for example, let's number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits shared by many language which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraints.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

Gray and his colleagues have put them to the test by examining four family trees that between them represent more than 2,000 languages.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

In most of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution of colors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves as well as of stuffed animals.

出自-2013年考研翻译原文

In a number of studies, Malti and others have shown that guilt and sympathy may represent different pathways to cooperation and sharing.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be sel

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Verb
  • 1. take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to;

    "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"

  • 2. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;

    "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"

  • 3. be representative or typical for;

    "This period is represented by Beethoven"

  • 4. be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute;

    "I represent the silent majority"

    "This actor is a spokesperson for the National Rifle Association"

  • 5. serve as a means of expressing something;

    "The flower represents a young girl"

  • 6. be characteristic of;

    "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"

  • 7. form or compose;

    "This money is my only income"

    "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"

    "These constitute my entire belonging"

    "The children made up the chorus"

    "This sum represents my entire income for a year"

    "These few men comprise his entire army"

  • 8. be the defense counsel for someone in a trial;

    "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"

  • 9. create an image or likeness of;

    "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

  • 10. play a role or part;

    "Gielgud played Hamlet"

    "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"

    "She played the servant to her husband's master"

  • 11. perform (a play), especially on a stage;

    "we are going to stage `Othello'"

  • 12. describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality;

    "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

  • 13. point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance;

    "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"

  • 14. bring forward and present to the mind;

    "We presented the arguments to him"

    "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

  • 15. to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

同义词辨析

describe, represent, sketch, picture

这些动词均有"描写,描述"之意。

  • describe: 侧重指描述细节,给读者或听众提供清晰的视觉图像。
  • represent: 指有代表性或象征性地描述或讲述。
  • sketch: 指快速地勾勒或概略地叙述。
  • picture: 着重能够栩栩如生地把事物或场景等描绘出来。

mean, imply, indicate, represent, denote, signify, suggest

这些动词均含有"表示……的意思"之意。

  • mean: 最普通用词。指文字或符号等所表示的各种明确的或含蓄的意义。
  • imply: 侧重用文字或符号表示的联想,暗示。
  • indicate: 指明显的表示。
  • represent: 指体现或代表。
  • denote: 指某一词字面或狭义的意思,或指某些符号或迹象的特指含义。
  • signify: 指用文字、说话或表情等表示单纯的意思。
  • suggest: 通常指暗含地、隐晦地表达意思。

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