representative

英 [ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv]

美 [ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv]

n.  代表; 销售代表; 销售代理; 代销人; 代表他人者
adj.  典型的; 有代表性的; 代表各类人(或事物)的; 可作为典型(或示例)的

复数：representatives　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1470 / COCA.1976

同义词辨析

delegatedeputyrepresentative【导航词义：代表】

牛津词典

noun

• 代表
  a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for sb else or on behalf of a group
  1. a representative of the UN
     联合国代表
  2. our elected representatives in government
     政府中我们选举产生的代表
  3. a union representative
     工会代表
  4. The committee includes representatives from industry.
     这个委员会包括产业界的代表。
• 销售代表；销售代理；代销人
  a person who works for a company and travels around selling its products
  1. a sales representative
     销售代表
  2. She's our representative in France.
     她是我们公司驻法国的销售代表。
• 代表；代表他人者
  a person chosen to take the place of sb else
  1. He was the Queen's representative at the ceremony.
     他代表女王出席了庆典。
• 典型人物；代表性人物
  a person who is typical of a particular group
  1. The singer is regarded as a representative of the youth of her generation.
     这位歌手被看作是她那一代年轻人的典型代表。
• （美国）众议院议员
  (in the US) a member of the House of Representatives, the Lower House of Congress; a member of the House of Representatives in the lower house of a state parliament

adj.

• 典型的；有代表性的
  typical of a particular group of people
  1. Is a questionnaire answered by 500 people truly representative of the population as a whole?
     由500人参加的问卷调查能真正代表所有民众吗？
• 代表各类人（或事物）的
  containing or including examples of all the different types of people or things in a large group
  1. a representative sample of teachers
     各类教师的代表
• 可作为典型（或示例）的
  able to be used as a typical example of sth
  1. The painting is not representative of his work of the period.
     这幅画不是他在那个时期的代表作。
• 由代表组成的；代议制的
  consisting of people who have been chosen to speak or vote on behalf of the rest of a group
  1. a representative democracy
     代议制民主政体

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 代表;代理人
  Arepresentativeis a person who has been chosen to act or make decisions on behalf of another person or a group of people.
  1. ...trade union representatives...
     工会代表
  2. Employees from each department elect a representative.
     每个部门的员工选举一名代表。
• N-COUNT 销售代表;销售代理
  Arepresentativeis a person whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially by travelling round and visiting other companies.
  1. She had a stressful job as a sales representative.
     作为一名销售代表，她的工作压力很大。
• ADJ 由代表组成的;代议制的
  Arepresentativegroup consists of a small number of people who have been chosen to make decisions on behalf of a larger group.
  1. The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council.
     新的国家元首应该由包括87名成员的代表委员会选出。
  2. ...the institutions of a representative government.
     代议制政府的各个机构
• ADJ-GRADED 典型的;有代表性的
  Someone who is typical of the group to which they belong can be described asrepresentative.
  1. He was in no way representative of dog-trainers in general.
     他远不是一般意义上的驯狗师。
  2. ...fairly representative groups of adults.
     相当典型的成年人群体
• (美国)众议员
  In the United States, aRepresentativeis a member of the House of Representatives, the less powerful of the two parts of Congress.
• See also:House of Representatives

英英释义

noun

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  1. this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
  2. there is an example on page 10
  Synonym:exampleillustrationinstance
• a member of the United States House of Representatives
  Synonym:congressmancongresswoman
• a person who represents others
• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
  1. the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
  Synonym:spokespersoninterpretervoice

adj

• being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
  1. representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people
• standing for something else
  1. the bald eagle is representative of the United States
• serving to represent or typify
  1. representative moviegoers
  2. a representative modern play

双语例句

• The company hired the President's special trade representative to lobby Mr. Pierce.
  公司雇用了总统的特别商业顾问去游说皮尔斯先生。
• The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council.
  新的国家元首应该由包括87名成员的代表委员会选出。
• Employees from each department elect a representative.
  每个部门的员工选举一名代表。
• She is not qualified to be a representative.
  她不配当代表。
• Ms Halliwell visited the Philippines in her capacity as a Special Representative of Unicef
  哈利韦尔女士以联合国儿童基金会特别代表的身份访问了菲律宾。
• We hope that a representative will soon be appointed to come here for the discussion on the compensation.
  望速派人前来商谈有关赔偿事宜。
• Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy
  贝克教授并不熟悉“代议制民主”这一思想。
• People gathered round their own representative, cheering lustily.
  人们簇拥着自己的代表，热烈地欢呼着。
• Voters are interested in the representative's ability to bring home the bacon
  选民感兴趣的是代表能否兑现承诺。
• We get a very representative mix of people.
  我们现在有了非常具有代表性的一群人。