represent
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/ˌreprɪˈzent/
/ˌreprɪˈzent/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they represent | /ˌreprɪˈzent/ /ˌreprɪˈzent/ |
| he / she / it represents | /ˌreprɪˈzents/ /ˌreprɪˈzents/ |
| past simple represented | /ˌreprɪˈzentɪd/ /ˌreprɪˈzentɪd/ |
| past participle represented | /ˌreprɪˈzentɪd/ /ˌreprɪˈzentɪd/ |
| -ing form representing | /ˌreprɪˈzentɪŋ/ /ˌreprɪˈzentɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] represent somebody/something to be a member of a group of people and act or speak for them at an event, a meeting, etc.
代表 - The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing eight different countries.
这场比赛吸引了代表八个不同国家的500多名参赛者。 - Local businesses are well represented on the committee (= there are a lot of people from them on the committee).
委员会中有许多地方企业的代表。 - The opening speech was by Bob Alan representing Amnesty International.
代表大赦国际的鲍勃·艾伦致开幕词。 - The President was represented at the ceremony by the Vice-President.
副总统代表总统出席了这次庆典。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strongly
- well
- equally
- …
- The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing eight different countries.
- represent somebody/something to act or speak officially for somebody and defend their interests
作为…的代言人；维护…的利益 - The union represents over 200 000 teachers.
工会代表着 20 余万名教师的利益。 - The association was formed to represent the interests of women artists.
成立这个协会是为了维护女性艺术家的利益。 - Ms Dale is representing the defendant (= is his/her lawyer) in the case.
在这个案件当中，戴尔女士为被告作辩护。 - As an MP, it is my duty to represent my constituents.
作为一名议员，代表我的选民是我的职责。
Topics Law and justiceb1, People in societyb1- How can we all be adequately represented by one political party?
一个政党怎么能够充分地代表我们所有人？ - organizations claiming to represent farmers
声称代表农民的组织 - leaders who truly represent the interests of working families
真正代表工薪家庭利益的领导人 - We have been ably represented in our efforts by our attorney.
我们的律师代表我们圆满地完成了任务。 - The suspect must appear and may be legally represented.
嫌疑人必须出庭或由律师代表。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- legally
- ably
- adequately
- …
- choose somebody to
- elect somebody to
- select somebody to
- …
- The union represents over 200 000 teachers.
- represent something to take part in a sports event for a particular country, city, etc.
代表某事： 参加特定国家、城市等的体育赛事。- He's been chosen to represent Scotland in next year's World Cup Finals.
他被选中代表苏格兰参加明年的世界杯决赛。
- He's been chosen to represent Scotland in next year's World Cup Finals.
- represent something (not used in the progressive tenses
不用于进行时 作为…的象征；代表 - Each colour on the chart represents a different department.
图表中的每一种颜色都代表一个不同的部门。 - Wind direction is represented by arrows.
风向是用箭头表示的。 - The artist uses doves to represent peace.
艺术家用鸽子代表和平。 - It is not clear what these symbols were intended to represent.
这些符号代表什么还不清楚。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- faithfully
- fairly
- …
- be intended to
- purport to
- seek to
- …
- as
- Each colour on the chart represents a different department.
- linking verb + noun (not used in the progressive tenses
不用于进行时 等于；相当于；意味着 - This contract represents 20% of the company's annual revenue.
这份合约相当于公司 20% 的年收入。 - The final figure represents a 12% increase on the number of new jobs created the previous year.
最后一个数字表明，前一年创造的新工作岗位数量增加了12%。 - They're investing in low-carbon technologies that represent value for money.
他们正在投资代表物有所值的低碳技术。 - He got rid of anyone who represented a threat to his authority.
他除掉了任何威胁他权威的人。 - This role represents a unique opportunity to further your career in healthcare.
这个角色代表了一个独特的机会来促进您在医疗保健领域的职业生涯。 - The peace plan represents (= is the result of) weeks of negotiation.
这个和平计划是数周谈判的成果。
- These results represent a major breakthrough in AIDS research.
这些结果是艾滋病研究的重大突破。 - This decision represents a significant departure from previous policy.
这个决定意味着在很大程度上脱离了原先的政策。 - This represents a swing of 14% towards Labour.
这表明有14% 的选票转投给了工党。 - This figure represents a fall of 21% on the same period last year.
这一数字表明与去年同期相比下降了 21%。 - These figures represent a return of 8.5% per annum.
这些数字表明年利润是 8.5%。 - These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.
这些提议表明了政策的重大变化。 - This represents an apparent reversal in US policy.
这代表着美国政策的明显逆转。 - The talks represented the first significant move towards peace.
会谈标志着向实现和平迈出了重要的第一步。 - The demonstration represents a direct challenge to the new law.
这次示威是对新法律的直接质疑。 - Our average margins dropped to 35%, which represents a reduction in gross margins of £109 million.
我们的平均利润率降到了 35%，这意味着毛利减少了 1.09 亿英镑。
- This contract represents 20% of the company's annual revenue.
- be representedto be present in something to a particular degree
在某种程度上存在于某种事物中 - Women and men were represented equally on the teams.
各队里男女比例相等。 - Women are disproportionately represented among welfare recipients.
接受福利救济的人中女性人数过少。
- Women and men were represented equally on the teams.
- [no passive] represent something to be an example or expression of something
成为…实例；成为典型；体现 - The project represents all that is good in the community.
这项工程充分体现了社区的美好。 - Those comments do not represent the views of us all.
这些言论并不代表我们所有人的看法。 - The book purported to represent the lives of ordinary people.
这本书声称旨在展现普通人的生活。
- The project represents all that is good in the community.
- (formal) to show somebody/something, especially in a picture
展示；描绘 - represent somebody/something The carvings represent a hunting scene.
这些雕刻作品描绘了一幅狩猎的场面。 - The map represents Italy in the 12th century.
这张地图代表了12世纪的意大利。 - The results are represented in fig.3 below.
结果如下面的图 3 所示。 - represent somebody/something as somebody/something The Egyptian goddess is represented as a woman with cow's horns.
埃及女神被描绘成一个长着牛角的女人。
Topics Artb1- Representing an image accurately requires a great many bytes of digital information.
精确显示图像需要大量字节的数字信息。 - The data can be represented graphically in a line diagram.
这些数据可以用单线图表现出来。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- faithfully
- fairly
- …
- be intended to
- purport to
- seek to
- …
- as
- represent somebody/something The carvings represent a hunting scene.
- (formal) to present or describe somebody/something in a particular way, especially when this may not be fair
（尤指不公平地）展现，描述，表现 - represent somebody/something as something The king is represented as a villain in the play.
剧中国王的形象是一个恶棍。 - The risks were represented as negligible.
他们把风险说得微不足道。 - The film represents women as victims.
该影片把妇女表现为受害者。 - represent somebody/something The film accurately represents the atmosphere of the post-war period.
这部电影准确地再现了战后时期的气氛。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- faithfully
- fairly
- …
- be intended to
- purport to
- seek to
- …
- as
- represent somebody/something as something The king is represented as a villain in the play.
- (formal) to make a formal statement to somebody in authority to make your opinions known or to protest
正式提出（意见、抗议等） - represent something to somebody They represented their concerns to the authorities.
他们向当局陈述了他们关心的问题。 - represent (to somebody) that… He admitted falsely representing to police officers that the car had been stolen.
他承认自己告诉警察汽车失窃不是事实。
- represent something to somebody They represented their concerns to the authorities.
act/speak for somebody为某人做／说
in sport体育运动
be symbol成为象征
be equal to等于
be present
be example of成为例证
in picture图画
describe描述
make formal statement正式声明
词源late Middle English: from Old French representer or Latin repraesentare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare ‘to present’.