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    represent 的英语意思

    representrepresent /ˌreprɪˈzent/ verb 查看全部语言翻译1speak for somebody [transitive] to officially speak or take action for another person or group of people正式代表他人或某一群体发言或采取行动:  Mr Kobayashi was chosen to represent the company at the conference.小林先生被选定在会议上代表公司出席。2in court [transitive] to speak officially for someone in a court of law在法庭上正式为某人代理发言represent yourself She decided to represent herself (=speak for herself without a lawyer) during the trial.她决定在审判期间自我辩护(=不请律师,自己为自己发言)。3be something [linking verb] to form or be something构成或成为某事物amount to:  European orders represented 30 percent of our sales last year.去年,来自欧洲的订单占我们销售额的30%。represent a change/an advance/an increase etc This treatment represents a significant advance in the field of cancer research.这种疗法代表着癌症研究领域的重大进展。4government [transitive] to have been elected to a parliament, council etc by the people in a particular area由某特定地区的民众选举为议会、委员会等的代表:  He represents the Congressional District of Illinois.他代表伊利诺伊州的一个国会选区。5sign [transitive] to be a sign or mark that means something成为表示某种含义的符号或标记 SYN  stand for:  Brown areas represent deserts on the map.地图上棕色区域表示沙漠。6symbol [transitive] to be a symbol of something作为某事物的象征 SYN  symbolize:  He hated the school and everything it represented.他憎恨那所学校以及它所象征的一切。7sports [transitive] if you represent your country, school, town etc in a sport, you take part in a sports event for that country etc在某项运动中代表你的国家、学校、城镇等,即代表该国家等参加体育赛事:  Her greatest ambition was to represent her country at the Olympics.她最大的抱负是代表国家参加奥运会。8be represented if a group, organization, area etc is represented at an event, people from it are at the event如果某个群体、组织、地区等在某活动中有所代表,则意味着来自该群体的人出席了该活动:  All the local clubs were represented in the parade.所有本地俱乐部都在游行中有代表参与。9describe [transitive] to describe someone or something in a particular way, especially in a way that is not true以特定方式描述某人或某事物,尤指以不实的方式 SYN  portraydepictrepresent somebody/something as something The article represents the millionaire as a simple family man.这篇文章把这位百万富翁描绘成一个普通的居家男人。 He had represented himself as an employee in order to gain access to the files.他谎称自己是公司员工,以便获取那些文件。 see thesaurus at describe10art [transitive] if a painting, statue, piece of music etc represents something or someone, it shows them如果一幅画、一座雕像、一首乐曲等代表某事物或某人,则是对其的呈现或描绘:  Paintings representing religious themes were common in medieval times.描绘宗教主题的画作在中世纪十分普遍。