represent
verb
uk
/ˌrep.rɪˈzent/ us
/ˌrep.rɪˈzent/represent verb (ACT FOR)
作為…的代表（或代理人）;作為…的代言人
Union officials representing the teachers met the government today.
代表教師的工會幹事今天與政府官員會談。
Women were well/poorly represented at the conference (= there were many/few present).
出席會議的女性很多／少。
C2 [ T ]
提出;表達;向…抗議
We represented our grievances/demands to the boss.
我們向老闆表達了我們的不滿／要求。
- All the local churches were represented at the memorial service.
- All the nations of the world will be represented at the conference.
- A group of four teachers were delegated to represent the school at the union conference.
- They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school.
- A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.
represent verb (DESCRIBE)
- ¼ and 0.25 are different ways of representing the same fraction.
- The wild cards are represented here by asterisks.
- The decimal system represents numbers in terms of groups of ten.
- Each number on the scale represents twice the speed of the preceding number.
- Writers of realist novels try to represent life as it is.
represent verb (BE)
B2 [ L only + noun ]
to be the result of something, or to be something
- The course represents excellent value for money.
- This huge, unfinished building represents the last hurrah of the former regime.
- The new price represents a saving of more than 40 percent.
- This new policy represents a change of direction for the government.
- Her father's blessing represented a bestowal of consent upon her marriage.
