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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   represent

   • IPA[ˌreprəˈzent]

   美式

   • v.
     be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity；(of a competitor) participate in a sports event or other competition 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
   • 相關詞

   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 councilor/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 sports event or other competition on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country) Owens represented the U.S 同義詞 play for, appear for, be a member of the team
   • ▪ be an elected member of a legislature for (a particular constituency, party, or group) she became the first woman to represent her district
   • ▪ act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official or ceremonial occasion the president was represented by the secretary of state 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 percent 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 rural life 同義詞 be a typical sample of, be representative of, typify, stand for
   • ▪ (of a group or type of person or thing) be present or found in something, especially to a particular degree abstraction is well represented in this exhibition
   • 3. depict (a particular subject) in a picture or other 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 depict (someone or something) as being of a certain nature; 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 the numbers 1–10 represent the letters A–J 同義詞 stand for, correspond to, designate, denote, mean, ... 更多literarybetoken
   • ▪ be a symbol or embodiment of (a particular quality or thing) 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 the part of (someone) in a theatrical production.
   • 4. formal state or point out (something) 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

   over-represent

   • v.
     include a disproportionately large number of (a particular category): using telephone owners as the sampling list would seriously over-represent the better off

   Oxford Dictionary

   under-represent

   • v.
     provide with insufficient or inadequate representation: women are under-represented at high levels

   Oxford Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   represent

   • IPA[ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt]

   英式

   • v.
     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

   Oxford Dictionary