vt.
代表;象征;表示:
例句: This mark represents a village.
這個符號表示村莊。
His opinion represents that of the majority.
他的意見代表大多數人的意見。
描寫;描繪;表現:
例句: She represented her little brother as a simpleton.
她把她的弟弟描繪成壹個傻瓜。
This painting represents the end of the world.
這張畫描繪的是世界的末日。
陳述;闡述;指出;主張:
例句: Let me represent my ideas to you in another way.
讓我用另壹種方式向妳說明我的想法。
體現;反映:
例句: This photograph represents my childhood.
這張照片反映了我的童年生活。
演出;扮演:
例句: He represented Hamlet several times.
他扮演過幾次哈姆雷特。
意味著;相當於:
例句: A salary rise of 10% represents an annual increase of $3,600 for the clerical staff.
薪金提高10%對壹般做文書工作的職員來說相當於全年收入增加3 600美元。
作為…代表(或代理人):
例句: The chief engineer was represented at the meeting by his secretary.
總工程師的秘書代表總工程師參加了會議。
代表…發言(或行動):
例句: He represented to the press conference that the government was to be reorganized in the near future.
他代表政府在記者招待會上宣布政府不久將進行改組。
vi.
代表;代理
提出異議;提出抗議
短語:
represent something to oneself 想像出某事物
represent… to be (常指錯誤地)聲稱…是…