英 [ˌreprɪˈzent] 美 [ˌreprɪˈzent]
v. 代表；为……代言（辩护）；代表（选区、政党、群体）任国会议员（或其他立法机构议员）；代表（国家、学校、城镇等参加比赛）；作为某人的代表（尤指在正式场合或仪式中）；等于，相当于；（符号或象征）代表，表示；象征，体现；展示，描绘；（尤指不真实地）描述，描写；扮演；<正式>明确讲述，清楚说明；声称；正式提出（意见、抗议等）
第三人称单数represents
现在分词representing
过去式represented
过去分词represented
represent /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/ CET4 TEM4 [ representing represented represents ]
及物动词 If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person, a group of people, or a place, they act on behalf of that person, group, or place. 代表; 代理
...the politicians we elect to represent us.
…我们所选的代表我们的政治家。
...Richard Bolling, a Democrat who represented Missouri in Congress.
…理查德•博林，一个在国会中代表密苏里州的民主党人。
及物动词 If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf. 代表 (出席)
The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.
秘书长可以在官方仪式上代表主席。
及物动词 If you represent your country or city in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or city where you live. 代表 (参赛)
My only aim is to represent the United States at the Olympics.
我惟一的目标就是代表美国参加奥运会。
被动及物动词 If a group of people or things is well represented in a particular activity or in a particular place, a lot of them can be found there. 使有代表性
Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama.
女性在电视戏剧领域已经占有很大比例。
及物动词 If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing. 代表; 表示; 象征
...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed to represent the source of the radiation.
…圆圈中央的黑点应该表示射线的来源。
及物动词 To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality. 代表; 象征; 反映
New York represents everything that's great about America.
纽约象征着美国伟大的一切。
及物动词 If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing. 描写; 描绘
The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.
大众媒体倾向于把他描绘成环保领袖。
take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
同义词： stand for / correspond
be representative or typical for
This period is represented by Beethoven
be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
I represent the silent majority
serve as a means of expressing something
The flower represents a young girl
be characteristic of
同义词： exemplify
form or compose
This sum represents my entire income for a year
同义词： constitute / make up / comprise / be
describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel
point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
our parents represented to us the need for more caution
to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
同义词： map
重演-引用次数：1
参考来源侦查实验结果的证据化研究
体现-引用次数：61
Marriage and family are the most basic social form to represent the gender relationship.
婚姻家庭是最能体现性别关系的社会基本形式。
代现-引用次数：1
参考来源胡塞尔“本质直观”方法论研究
表征-引用次数：11
It means they can represent countable and uncountable quantity with mental magnitude. They can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
种族进化史研究表明,动物具备算术能力,它们运用数量感来表征可数与不可数的数量,并以此为基础进行加法、减法、乘法和除法运算。
参考来源算术模块的行为与神经机制研究
表述
代表
...。你用生命去创造你以为及你一直想作谁的样子。所以不去做任何事时也只有一个理由：就是因为它不再是你想要作谁的声明。它没反映你。它 没有代表(represent)你,也就是说,它没重现〔re–present〕你……
象征(represent for), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
较大的婴儿会诉咽喉疼痛；不会表述的婴儿常表示(Represent)为焦灼(Impwithinient)，拒哺。
...证明，全然向内的书写也是一种现实主义写作，甚至是更为真实的现实主义写作，这种“现实”或者“真实”不是能够表现（represent）的，而是要通过对语言的复杂运用使其揭示（reveal）出来。
representative 代表；典型；众议员
representation 代表；表现；表示法；陈述
代表；表现；描绘；回忆；再赠送
代表；提出异议
The carvings represent a hunting scene.
这些雕刻作品描绘了一幅狩猎的场面。
A lawyer was appointed to represent the child.
一位律师被指定为这个孩子的代表律师。
What do the shaded areas on the map represent?
地图上颜色深的部分代表什么？
In criminal cases,suspects who do not have enough money for a lawyer are given one free of charge to represent them.
VOA : special.2009.08.31
Shakespeare in the theater seemed to represent a temptation greater even than promiscuous sex or perhaps akin to sex.
在戏剧中,莎士比亚似乎更代表着一种诱惑,而不是乱性或类似的性关系。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
With the computer today, you can, for the most part, not represent every possible number that mankind can think of.
在当今世界，大多数情况下，并不是要把每个数字,都精确表示出来。
计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
That can put people at risk even in wealthy countries that represent only a small part of the counterfeit drug market.
VOA : special.2010.03.01
The National Hockey League in the United States is again permitting its players to represent their native countries in the Olympics.
VOA : special.2010.02.10
Negative briefing documents from FDA staff hardly represent a death knell for a drug.
The provisions, part of the 650-page corporate tax bill enacted in October, represent an about-face by Congress.
Lawmakers from corn-farming states love the emphasis on that crop, but they don't represent everyone in Congress.