representative

[repri'zentətiv]

n.代表, 众议员, 典型
adj.代表的, 典型的, 代表制的

a.[(+of)]

1. 代表性的, 典型的

This case is representative of the attitudes of the police.

这个事例典型地反映了警方的态度。

2. 代表的, 代理的; 议会制的

representative government

代议政体

3. 描写的; 表现的; 表示的

n.[C]

1. 典型, 代表物

The tiger is a common representative of the cat family.

虎是一种普通的猫科动物。

2. 代表, 代理人

She is the club's representative at the convention.

她是该俱乐部派来参加会议的代表。

3. 【美】(通常大写)众议院议员; 州议员

词形变化

副词: representatively | 名词: representativeness |

词义辨析

同义:

n.代理人

substitute  agent  lawyer  spokesman  spokesperson  mouthpiece  commissioner  broker  factor  steward  advocate

n.代表, 顾问

delegate  assemblyman  assemblywoman  envoy  emissary  congressman  councilman

n.代表, 例子, 典型的例子

specimen  sample  trial run  typical example  typical instance  case in point  exemplification  illustration

a.代理(人)的

representing  delegated  deputized  commissioned  vicarious  substitute  proxy  surrogate  stand-in

a.典型的, 代表的

typical  typifying  symbolic  model  true-to-type  standard  normal  characteristic  illustrative  exemplory  indicative  

同义参见:

acting  deputy  second  graphic  peculiar  democratic  example  expressive  ambassador  delegate  

英英释义

名词 representative:

a person who represents others

an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

同义词：spokesperson, interpreter, voice

a member of the United States House of Representatives

同义词：congressman, congresswoman

an item of information that is representative of a type

同义词：example, illustration, instance

形容词 representative:

serving to represent or typify

standing for something else

being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives

补充

representativerepresentative英:[ˌrepriˈzentətiv] 美:[ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv]n.1.代表I sent my representative to the meeting.我派了代表参加会议。2.代理人He is a representative for a large steel company.他是一家大型钢铁公司的代理人。adj.1.有代表性的, 典型的We have a representative sample.我们有一个代表性的样品。This question is very representative.这问题非常典型。

例句

1. Is this case representative of the attitudes of the police?这种情况反映了典型的警察态度吗？ 2. Churchill was not properly representative of influential opinion in Britain.丘吉尔并不真的代表英国有影响的见解。 3. a representative sample of young people in Scotland.苏格兰青年的代表性取样。 4. free elections and representative democracy.自由选举和代表制的民主。 5. the show would be more representative of how women really are.可以说这出戏更能体现妇女的真实情况。 6. the bust involves a high degree of representative abstraction.这尊半身像蕴含着高度的具象派抽象。 7. fossil representatives of lampreys and hagfishes.八目鳗和盲鳗的化石样本。 8. Tonight's audience is not representative of national opinion.今晚的听众不能代表全国的意见。 9. a representative example典型例子 10. The paintings are representative of English art in the early 19th century.这些画是19世纪初期英国艺术的代表。 11. The students chosen for the survey are a fairly representative sample/sampling of college students from across the U.S.被选来参加调查的学生在一定程度上代表全美国的大学生。 12. representative government代议制政府 13. representative democracy代议制民主政体 14. a sales representative [=a salesperson]销售代表 15. the actor's personal representative [=agent]演员的代理人 16. Do you know who your representatives are?你知道你们的众议员是哪些人吗？ 17. state representatives州众议员 18. The bill was introduced by representative Smith.这项法案是由众议员史密斯提出的。 19. a representative of her age group她那个年龄段的一位典型人物