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1[N-COUNT 可数名词] 代表;代理人;A representative is a person who has been chosen to act or make decisions on behalf of another person or a group of people.
  • //...trade union representatives...

    工会代表

  • Employees from each department elect a representative.

    每个部门的员工选举一名代表。

2[N-COUNT 可数名词] 销售代表;销售代理;A representative is a person whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially by travelling round and visiting other companies. [usu with supp] [Formal]
  • 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。

3[ADJ 形容词] 由代表组成的;代议制的;A representative group consists of a small number of people who have been chosen to make decisions on behalf of a larger group. [ADJ n]
  • The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council.

    新的国家元首应该由包括87名成员的代表委员会选出。

  • //...the institutions of a representative government.

    代议制政府的各个机构

4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词] 典型的;有代表性的;Someone who is typical of the group to which they belong can be described as representative . [oft ADJ of n]
  • He was in no way representative of dog-trainers in general.

    他远不是一般意义上的驯狗师。

  • //...fairly representative groups of adults.

    相当典型的成年人群体

representativeness
  • //...a process designed to ensure the representativeness of the sample interviewed.

    为保证抽样的对象具有代表性而设计的过程

5[N-COUNT 可数名词] (美国)众议员;In the United States, a Representative is a member of the House of Representatives, the less powerful of the two parts of Congress.

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