英语单词 | representative |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌreprɪ'zentətɪv] 美 [ˌreprɪ'zentətɪv] |
中文释义 | n.代表;众议员;典型 adj.代表的;典型的;代表制的 |
英语例句 | (1) That representative brought forth an amendment to the press law. (2) A senator takes precedence over a Representative. (3) The tiger is a representative of the cat family. (4) Are your opinions representative of the other students? (5) The study was carried out in one small town,so we can't be sure that the results are truly representative. (6) Representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people,by the people,for the people. |
中文例句 | (1) 那位代表提出了一项对新闻法的修正案。 (2) 参议员的地位高于众议员。 (3) 老虎是猫科动物的典型。 (4) 你的意见是否代表其他学生的意见? (5) 这项研究在一个小镇里进行,因此我们也不确定研究结果是否真的具有典型性。 (6) 由亚伯拉罕·林肯定义的代表制政府是民享、民有和为人民的政府。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you're representative of some group, you're typical, you’re a lot like most of the others. You might also be a representative for your group; you were elected to act on behalf of those you represent. |
vocabulary扩展 | The US and many other democracies have representative governments, in which voters elect people to act on their behalf — to represent them. In the US, the House of Representatives is the largest legislative body. Its members — congressmen and congresswomen — are elected by the voters of their districts. These representatives are supposed to listen to the views of the people from their districts and act in their best interests. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]代表;代理人 A representative is a person who has been chosen to act or make decisions on behalf of another person or a group of people.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]销售代表;销售代理 A representative is a person whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially by travelling round and visiting other companies. [usu with supp] [FORMAL 正式]
3 [ADJ 形容词]由代表组成的;代议制的 A representative group consists of a small number of people who have been chosen to make decisions on behalf of a larger group. [ADJ n]
4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]典型的;有代表性的 Someone who is typical of the group to which they belong can be described as representative . [oft ADJ
representativeness
5 [N-COUNT 可数名词](美国)众议员 In the United States, a Representative is a member of the House of Representatives, the less powerful of the two parts of Congress. 6 See also:House of Representatives ; |
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