一、詳細釋義:


adj.

由代表組成的,代議制的


例句:

The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council.

新的國家元首應(yīng)該由包括87名成員的代表委員會選出。


例句:

He is the leader of the institutions of a representative government.

他是代議制政府的各個機構(gòu)的領(lǐng)導人。


有代表性的,典型的


例句:

Beijing is a representative Chinese city.

北京是一個典型的中國城市。


例句:

She is altogether too representative of the gut feeling in the constituencies.

她徹底體現(xiàn)了選民們的真實感情。


n.

代表,典型 [C]


例句:

A representative of the company will call on you to assess the damage.

公司的代表將前往貴處評估受損失的狀況。


例句:

Our chief representative's withdrawal was construed as a protest.

我們的首席代表的退場被看作是一種抗議的表示。


議員,眾議員 [C]


例句:

When his term ended, he went back to the congress and served as a representative.

當他任期結(jié)束后,他重新回到國會,作了一位眾議院議員。


例句:

Most representatives balloted against the resolution.

大多數(shù)眾議員投票反對這項決議。


繼任者 [C]


例句:

The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.

德洛克家目前的繼承人是個非常好的主人。


二、詞義辨析:


delegate,deputy,representative,agent,substitute

這些名詞有“代表、代理人”之意。 delegate指一般被派參加某一會議的代表。 deputy指上級授權(quán)代理行事的代表,特指被選擇為執(zhí)行全部或部分公務(wù)的人。 representative一般指被選舉或委派代表某人或一些人或某個較大團體的人,其職務(wù)有時是較長期的。 agent普通用詞,通常指經(jīng)授權(quán)代理另一個人或團體,或指在雙方之間代表一方起中間作用的人。 substitute主要強調(diào)某人或某物可以用來代替別的人或物的作用。


三、相關(guān)短語:


legal representative

n.法定代理人


representative sample

標準樣本,典型試樣,典型樣本,代表性試樣,代表性樣品


representative sampling

典型抽樣


sales representative

n.銷售代表


四、參考例句:


He is a sales representative

他是一名銷售代表。


Beijing is a representative Chinese city.

北京是一個典型的中國城市。


They are representative of the bidi languages.

它們是有代表性的bidi語言。


Are your opinions representative of the other students?

你的意見是否代表其他學生的意見?


The tiger is a representative of the cat family.

老虎是貓科動物的典型。


The exhibition is a representative of the modern Chinese art.

展覽會是現(xiàn)代中國藝術(shù)的代表。


The representative must have an office to work in.

常駐代表總得有個地方辦公。


The tiger is a common representative of the cat family.

虎是一種普通的貓科動物。


Mary is a workers'?representative?on the Board.

瑪麗是理事會的工人代表。


Our chief representative's withdrawal was construed as a protest.

我們的首席代表的退場被看作是一種抗議的表示。