1be a member of a group作為成員ADVERB➤strongly, well強有力地/很好地代表◇Local businesses are well represented on the committee.委員會中有足夠的當地商界代表。➤equally平等地代表◇Women and men were represented equally on the teams.各隊裏男女比例相等。➤poorly不如意地代表▸➤adequately充分代表▸➤disproportionately不均衡地代表◇Women are disproportionately represented among welfare recipients.接受福利救濟的人中女性人數過少。represent
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2act/speak officially for sb作為⋯的代表ADVERB | VERB + REPRESENTADVERB➤legally (BrE) 法律上代表◇The suspect must appear and may be legally represented.嫌疑人必須出庭或由律師代表。➤ably, adequately, truly出色地/充分/真實地代表◇We have been ably represented in our efforts by our attorney.我們的律師代表我們圓滿地完成了任務。◇How can we all be adequately represented by one political party?一個政黨怎麼能夠充分地代表我們所有人?◇leaders who truly represent the interests of working families真正代表工薪家庭利益的領導人VERB + REPRESENT➤choose sb to, elect sb to, select sb to選擇/選舉/挑選某人代表◇He was chosen to represent Scotland in three consecutive World Cup Finals.他連續 3 次獲選代表蘇格蘭參加世界杯決賽階段比賽。➤claim to, pretend to聲稱/裝作代表◇organizations claiming to represent farmers聲稱代表農民的組織represent
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3show sth展示;描繪ADVERB | VERB + REPRESENT | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤accurately, faithfully精確地/如實地顯示◇Representing an image accurately requires a great many bytes of digital information.精確顯示圖像需要大量字節的數字信息。➤fairly清楚地表現▸➤falsely不實地表述▸➤diagrammatically, graphically, schematically, visually以圖解表示;以圖表表示;以略圖表示;直觀表現◇The data can be represented graphically in a line diagram.這些數據可以用單線圖表現出來。➤symbolically象徵性地表示VERB + REPRESENT➤be intended to旨在表示◇It is not clear what these symbols were intended to represent.這些符號代表什麼還不清楚。➤purport to, seek to聲稱/尋求表現◇The book purported to represent the lives of ordinary people.這本書聲稱旨在展現普通人的生活。PREPOSITION➤as表現為⋯◇The movie represents women as victims.該影片把婦女表現為受害者。