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正面 688.represent
英 [reprɪ'zent]美 [,rɛprɪ'zɛnt]

背面
释义:
vt. 代表;表现;描绘;回忆;再赠送vi. 代表;提出异议
例句:
1. The two politicians represent opposite poles of the political spectrum.这两位从政者代表了政界的两个极端。

1. 在下边扔过去, 扔在下边儿(to place under). subject to air raid 遭受突袭.2. => person under control or dominion of another.
represent 呈现,代表,代言,描绘re-,表强调,present,出具,呈现,给予。
representrepresent: [14] English borrowed represent from Latin repraesentāre, which meant ‘present again, bring back’, hence ‘show’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and praesentāre, source of English present. The notion of ‘standing in the place of another’ is a post-classical development.=> presentrepresent (v.)late 14c., "to bring to mind by description," also "to symbolize, serve as a sign or symbol of; serve as the type or embodiment of;" from Old French representer "present, show, portray" (12c.), from Latin repraesentare "make present, set in view, show, exhibit, display," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + praesentare "to present," literally "to place before" (see present (v.)). Legislative sense is attested from 1650s. Related: Represented; representing."

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