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represent vt.表现；表示；描绘；代表；象征；说明；阐明vi.提出异议 (1) 怪物在梦里经常表现为恐惧。(2) 两者都表现出理智之外的激情。(3) 虚矢线表示信息流程。(4) 你必须向总部表示出你的抱怨。(5) 这些雕刻作品描绘了一幅狩猎的场面。(6) 这张地图上的红线代表铁路。(7) 他们代表各个社会阶层。(8) 面条必须是整条不切断的，象征长命百岁。(9) 这些美丽的绿宝石象征爱和成功。(10) 让我用另一种方式向你说明我的想法。(11) 我将向他说明他所冒的危险。 We live in a democracy in which we elect a few people to represent the wishes and desires of the rest of us. Their job is literally to "re-present" the voters' demands in Congress. That's why we call them our "representatives." In the world of art, however, to represent something can mean to express its essence by means of something different. For example a ball of string can represent, or symbolize, a cat.

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英 [ˌreprɪ'zent] 美 [ˌreprɪ'zent] (1) Monsters in dreams often represent fears.(2) Both represent the triumph of passion over reason.(3) Dotted arrows represent flow of information.(4) You must represent your complaints to Head Office.(5) The carvings represent a hunting scene.(6) The red lines on the map represent railways.(7) They represent each society stratum.(8) Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.(9) These beautiful green stones represent love and success.(10) Let me represent my ideas to you in another way.(11) I will represent to him the risks he is running. Use the word represent when something stands in for something else — whether it's your congressman representing your interests in Washington or the thimble that represents you as it makes its way around the Monopoly board. 1[VERB 动词]代理，代表（个人或团体） If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person or group of people, they act on behalf of that person or group.   [V n]...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。2[VERB 动词]代表（个人或团体）出席 If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf.   [V n]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。3[VERB 动词](在竞赛或体育赛事中)代表（国家或地区） If you represent your country or town in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or town where you live.   [V n]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。4[V-PASSIVE 被动动词]使有代表性 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.   [be adv V-ed]  [be V-ed]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。5[V-LINK 连系动词]相当于，代表着（变化、成就、胜利等） If you say that something represents a change, achievement, or victory, you mean that it is a change, achievement, or victory.   [V n]  [FORMAL or WRITTEN 正式或笔语]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。6[VERB 动词](标志或符号)意味着，代表着，标志着 If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing.   [V n]  [no cont]...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。7[VERB 动词]象征；体现；反映 To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality.   [V n]  [no cont]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。8[VERB 动词]描绘；描写 If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing.   [V n as n]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。

英语单词	represent
英美音标	英 [ˌreprɪ'zent] 美 [ˌreprɪ'zent]
中文释义	vt.表现；表示；描绘；代表；象征；说明；阐明 vi.提出异议
英语例句	(1) Monsters in dreams often represent fears. (2) Both represent the triumph of passion over reason. (3) Dotted arrows represent flow of information. (4) You must represent your complaints to Head Office. (5) The carvings represent a hunting scene. (6) The red lines on the map represent railways. (7) They represent each society stratum. (8) Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life. (9) These beautiful green stones represent love and success. (10) Let me represent my ideas to you in another way. (11) I will represent to him the risks he is running.
中文例句	(1) 怪物在梦里经常表现为恐惧。 (2) 两者都表现出理智之外的激情。 (3) 虚矢线表示信息流程。 (4) 你必须向总部表示出你的抱怨。 (5) 这些雕刻作品描绘了一幅狩猎的场面。 (6) 这张地图上的红线代表铁路。 (7) 他们代表各个社会阶层。 (8) 面条必须是整条不切断的，象征长命百岁。 (9) 这些美丽的绿宝石象征爱和成功。 (10) 让我用另一种方式向你说明我的想法。 (11) 我将向他说明他所冒的危险。
vocabulary简明	Use the word represent when something stands in for something else — whether it's your congressman representing your interests in Washington or the thimble that represents you as it makes its way around the Monopoly board.
vocabulary扩展	We live in a democracy in which we elect a few people to represent the wishes and desires of the rest of us. Their job is literally to "re-present" the voters' demands in Congress. That's why we call them our "representatives." In the world of art, however, to represent something can mean to express its essence by means of something different. For example a ball of string can represent, or symbolize, a cat.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]代理，代表（个人或团体） If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person or group of people, they act on behalf of that person or group. [V n] ...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。 2 [VERB 动词]代表（个人或团体）出席 If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf. [V n] 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。 3 [VERB 动词](在竞赛或体育赛事中)代表（国家或地区） If you represent your country or town in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or town where you live. [V n] 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。 4 [V-PASSIVE 被动动词]使有代表性 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. [be adv V-ed] [be V-ed] 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。 5 [V-LINK 连系动词]相当于，代表着（变化、成就、胜利等） If you say that something represents a change, achievement, or victory, you mean that it is a change, achievement, or victory. [V n] [FORMAL or WRITTEN 正式或笔语] 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。 6 [VERB 动词](标志或符号)意味着，代表着，标志着 If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing. [V n] [no cont] ...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。 7 [VERB 动词]象征；体现；反映 To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality. [V n] [no cont] 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。 8 [VERB 动词]描绘；描写 If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing. [V n as n] 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。

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