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1. Oxford Dictionary

   represent

   • IPA[ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt]

   英式

   • v.
     be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity；(of a competitor) participate in a sporting event on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country)

   • verb: represent, 3rd person present: represents, gerund or present participle: representing, past tense: represented, past participle: represented

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity for purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult 同義詞 be elected by, be the councillor/MP for, have the vote of, appear for, act for, ... 更多speak for, act/speak on behalf of, be spokesperson for, be the representative of
   • ▪ (of a competitor) participate in a sporting event on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country) Wade represented Great Britain 同義詞 play for, appear for, be a member of the team
   • ▪ be an elected Member of Parliament or member of a legislature for (a particular constituency or party) she became the first woman to represent a South Wales mining valley
   • ▪ act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official occasion the Duke of Edinburgh was represented by the Countess Mountbatten 同義詞 deputize for, act as a substitute for, substitute for, stand in for, take the place of, ... 更多replace
   • 2. constitute; amount to this figure represents eleven per cent of the company's total sales 同義詞 constitute, be, amount to, mean, be regarded as
   • ▪ be a specimen or example of; typify twenty parents, picked to represent a cross section of Scottish life 同義詞 be a typical sample of, be representative of, typify, stand for
   • ▪ be present in something to a particular degree abstraction is well represented in this exhibition
   • 3. depict (a particular subject) in a work of art santos are small wooden figures representing saints 同義詞 depict, portray, render, picture, delineate, ... 更多show, illustrate, characterize, paint, draw, sketch, exhibit, display, literarylimn
   • ▪ describe or portray in a particular way the young were consistently represented as being in need of protection 同義詞 describe as, present as, profess to be, purport to be, claim to be, ... 更多set oneself up as, pass oneself off as, pose as, pretend to be, masquerade as
   • ▪ (of a sign or symbol) have a particular signification; stand for numbers 1–15 represent the red balls 同義詞 stand for, correspond to, designate, denote, mean, ... 更多literarybetoken
   • ▪ be a symbol or embodiment of the three heads of Cerberus represent the past, present, and future 同義詞 symbolize, stand for, personify, epitomize, typify, ... 更多be symbolic of, embody, be the embodiment/incarnation of, give human form/shape to, body forth, illustrate, incorporate, reflect, rareincarnate, image
   • ▪ play (a role) in a theatrical production.
   • 4. formal state or point out clearly it was represented to him that she would be an unsuitable wife 同義詞 point out, state, indicate, present, set forth, ... 更多put forward
   • ▪ allege; claim the vendors have represented that such information is accurate 同義詞 claim, maintain, state, say, affirm, ... 更多allege, contend, rareasseverate