an advocate who represents someone else"s policy or purpose;"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
a member of the United States House of Representatives
an item of information that is typical of a class or group;"this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome" "there is an example on page 10"
Adjective:
serving to represent or typify;"representative moviegoers" "a representative modern play"
standing for something else;"the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives;"representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"
中英词源
representative 代表的，典型的，代表
来自 represent,呈现，代表，描绘。
representative (adj.)
"serving to represent," late 14c., from Old French representatif (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin repraesentativus, from stem of Latin repraesentare (see represent). Meaning "standing for others" is from 1620s; in the political sense of "holding the place of the people in the government, having citizens represented by chosen persons" is first recorded 1620s. Meaning "pertaining to or founded on representation of the people" is from 1640s.
representative (n.)
1640s, "example, type," from representative (adj.); 1690s in sense of "member of a legislative body."
词态变化
复数 representatives; 比较级 more representative; 最高级 most representative; WwW.WEntIyi.coM
权威造句
1. Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy.
贝克教授并不熟悉“代议制民主”这一思想。
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2. Voters are interested in the representative"s ability to bring home the bacon.
选民感兴趣的是代表能否兑现承诺。
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3. "The community are getting impatient," said a representative of the Residents" Association.
“社区居民开始不耐烦了，”居民协会的一位代表说。
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4. She had a stressful job as a sales representative.
作为一名销售代表，她的工作压力很大。
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5. The legal profession is starting to be less elitist and more representative.
