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Representative Latin Meaning Sense 1987.Representative 英 Reprɪ'Zentətɪv]美 Rɛprɪ'Zɛntətɪv

正面 1987.representative
英 [reprɪ'zentətɪv]美 ['rɛprɪ'zɛntətɪv]

背面
释义:
adj. 典型的,有代表性的;代议制的n. 代表;典型;众议员
例句:
1. 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。

abortion  "偶不生"-----流产,堕胎的
representative 代表的,典型的,代表来自 represent,呈现,代表,描绘。
representative (adj.)"serving to represent," late 14c., from Old French representatif (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin repraesentativus, from stem of Latin repraesentare (see represent). Meaning "standing for others" is from 1620s; in the political sense of "holding the place of the people in the government, having citizens represented by chosen persons" is first recorded 1620s. Meaning "pertaining to or founded on representation of the people" is from 1640s.representative (n.)1640s, "example, type," from representative (adj.); 1690s in sense of "member of a legislative body.""

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