詞彙精選:representative的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
由代表組成的,代議制的
例句:
The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council.
新的國家元首應該由包括87名成員的代表委員會選出。
例句:
He is the leader of the institutions of a representative government.
他是代議制政府的各個機構的領導人。
有代表性的,典型的
例句:
Beijing is a representative Chinese city.
北京是一個典型的中國城市。
例句:
She is altogether too representative of the gut feeling in the constituencies.
她徹底體現了選民們的真實感情。
n.
代表,典型 [C]
例句:
A representative of the company will call on you to assess the damage.
公司的代表將前往貴處評估受損失的狀況。
例句:
Our chief representative's withdrawal was construed as a protest.
我們的首席代表的退場被看作是一種抗議的表示。
議員,衆議員 [C]
例句:
When his term ended, he went back to the congress and served as a representative.
當他任期結束後,他重新回到國會,作了一位衆議院議員。
例句:
Most representatives balloted against the resolution.
大多數衆議員投票反對這項決議。
繼任者 [C]
例句:
The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.
德洛克家目前的繼承人是個非常好的主人。
二、詞義辨析:
delegate,deputy,representative,agent,substitute
這些名詞有“代表、代理人”之意。delegate指一般被派參加某一會議的代表。deputy指上級授權代理行事的代表,特指被選擇爲執行全部或部分公務的人。representative一般指被選舉或委派代表某人或一些人或某個較大團體的人,其職務有時是較長期的。agent普通用詞,通常指經授權代理另一個人或團體,或指在雙方之間代表一方起中間作用的人。substitute主要強調某人或某物可以用來代替別的人或物的作用。
三、相關短語:
legal representative
n.法定代理人
representative sample
標準樣本,典型試樣,典型樣本,代表性試樣,代表性樣品
representative sampling
典型抽樣
sales representative
n.銷售代表
四、參考例句:
He is a sales representative
他是一名銷售代表。
Beijing is a representative Chinese city.
北京是一個典型的中國城市。
They are representative of the bidi languages.
它們是有代表性的bidi語言。
Are your opinions representative of the other students?
你的意見是否代表其他學生的意見?
The tiger is a representative of the cat family.
老虎是貓科動物的典型。
The exhibition is a representative of the modern Chinese art.
展覽會是現代中國藝術的代表。
The representative must have an office to work in.
常駐代表總得有個地方辦公。
The tiger is a common representative of the cat family.
虎是一種普通的貓科動物。
Mary is a workers' representative on the Board.
瑪麗是理事會的工人代表。
Our chief representative's withdrawal was construed as a protest.
我們的首席代表的退場被看作是一種抗議的表示。