Definition of represent in English:

represent

verb rɛprɪˈzɛntˌrɛprəˈzɛnt

[with object]

1Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity.
（尤指以正式身份）代表（某人）
for purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult
为诉讼目的，婴儿可以而且必须由一位成人代表。
Example sentencesExamples
- Tiasa, a union representing non-academic staff at Unitec, has called for the institute to drop further legal action.
- To represent members effectively, directors must know what members need.
- The ICTU is under massive pressure from trade union officials representing workers in the private sector.
- The Academy was the brainchild of The Society of Authors, the professional body that represents writers.
- I had a very difficult time getting a lawyer to represent me.
- If he currently manages other artists how long have those other artists been represented by him?
- Just remember: not only do they represent you, but they are you, to Joe Public.
- He offered me a show, bought my pieces of work and offered to represent me.
- What were you looking in the gallery that represented you?
- Sometimes he is also assisted by an adjunct who will later represent him during absences.
- He didn't represent me, but he represented my father-in-law, Peter Burroughs.
- In the ensuing excitement, they formally offered to represent him, because, as Lotta put it at the time, ‘this guy, we don't want to lose.’
- They're willing to put their life on hold in order to represent you, the student.
- I quit my job at the skate shop, but that means I've more time for doing what I love - representing students and fighting for their rights.
- Seeing galleries that ‘take risks’ and represent new artists is refreshing and encouraging.
- The reality is that they can't realistically hope to represent all students.
- Mr. Childs, an experienced builder of skyscrapers, is in the sensitive position of representing a client who believes he can remake the plan for his own purposes.
- We began mostly by representing residents on welfare cases.
- She is represented by Ricco / Maresca Gallery in New York.
- One of them is to appoint a non-executive Director to represent consumers, and I suspect the appointment will be heavily influenced by the Government.
Synonyms
be elected by, be the councillor/MP for, have the vote of
appear for, act for, speak for, act/speak on behalf of, be spokesperson for, be the representative of
1. 1.1 (of a competitor) participate in a sporting event on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country)
  （运动员）代表（俱乐部、城市、地区或国家）参赛
  Wade represented Great Britain
  韦德代表英国参赛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  These athletes represent 16 foreign countries and Puerto Rico.
  Coke would not comment on the player identities saying that contracts had not been finalized, but did say a player representing each country of origin in the Latino community would be represented.
  This year's event will feature 27 international galleries representing countries such as Japan, The Czech Republic.
  This year 113 competitors represented twenty-six countries.
  Although he represented American Samoa, he now calls New Zealand his home and Manakau his residence.
  Synonyms
  play for, appear for
  be a member of the team
2. 1.2 Be an elected Member of Parliament or member of a legislature for (a particular constituency or party)
  代表（选区、政党、群体）任国会议员（或其他立法机构议员）
  she became the first woman to represent a South Wales mining valley
  她成为首位代表南威尔士一河谷矿区的女议员。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A student radical and a trade union official before he became a TD, Rabbitte has represented the constituency of Dublin South West since he was first elected in 1989.
  Currently, 25 constituencies are represented, and 17 constituencies are without a minister or minister of state.
  The Justice Party today is not represented in the Danish Parliament, nor has it been for 15 years.
  Neville Bonner, who was the first Aboriginal person in Federal Parliament, representing Queensland as a Liberal Party Senator from 1971 to 1983.
  Five out of six leaders of parties represented in the parliament have since declared themselves feminist.
  After two years in that position, he run for and won a place on the US Senate representing that state, a position he still holds to this day.
  Hanson represented a constituency to whom the idea of the truth, of the real, of honesty, of authenticity did matter.
  Yet, the Foreign Ministry is not the only government body whose policies are influenced by Diet members representing the vested interests of certain groups or industries.
  Both are represented in their respective parliament.
  If we give the special interests a blank check in Congress, who's going to represent us?
  The DUP, while representing the farming constituency, also lays claim to a sizeable chunk of support from working-class Protestants.
  ‘But my past has nothing to do with what happens with my son,’ said Zainuri, who is now a local legislator representing a Muslim party in Madiun.
  In total, about 85 per cent of the parties represented in Parliament were in favour of a Yes vote.
  In some ways, they represent the electorate that constantly confused group of people who understand that to solve problems, you have to be part of the participating solution.
  It is under the nominal rule of a governor general elected by Parliament to represent Queen Elizabeth II of England, the head of state.
  In 1624, and again in 1625, he represented Montgomery in Parliament.
  Joe Rogers, lieutenant governor of Colorado, seeks to represent that state's 7th District.
  Nobody representing the UDA was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1997.
  He was first elected in the Fianna Fail landslide of 1977, representing the old three-seater Dublin West constituency.
  I also do not feel that my elected officials adequately represent me, nor do I believe in a majority of the actions that are executed on my behalf as an American.
  Within four years, he was elected as the Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside, and continues to represent this constituency today.
  Its principle task is to draw up a constitution, agreed by a parliament representing each Iraqi community.
3. 1.3 Act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official occasion.
  作为某人的代表（尤指在正式场合或仪式中）
  the Duke of Edinburgh was represented by the Countess Mountbatten
  爱丁堡公爵由蒙巴顿女伯爵作代表。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In Ottawa, the Queen is represented by the Governor-General who acts as her official host when she is in Canada, and in the provinces the Lieutenant-Governors fill the same role.
  Synonyms
  deputize for, act as a substitute for, substitute for, stand in for, take the place of, replace
2Constitute; amount to.
构成；代表；相当于
this figure represents eleven per cent of the company's total sales
这一数字相当于公司总销售额的11%。
Example sentencesExamples
- The certainty equivalent represents the amount of money a producer would accept to avoid the risk present in a particular revenue scenario.
- This represents some 40 percent of the overall annual production.
- The upper values represent the 95th percentile values for the entire sample.
- Finally, inventory represents the amount of materials currently available for production.
- During the first four months of 1999, foreign investment in Korea amounted to US$2.8 billion, representing a 147.4 per cent increase from the same period a year before.
- If they do, then this amount would represent a lowerbound estimate for the true level of economic benefits.
- The final figure will also represent a 21 per cent decline on the number of new jobs created last year.
- His pay last year was made up of £500,000 in base salary and a £150,000 bonus, representing half the amount he was entitled to.
- In the final years of the 1980s the deficits amounted to €3.5 billion, representing a huge 13 per cent slice of what was then a much smaller national cake.
- This amount, per Jupiter, represents a mere 2 percent of the total projected $2.7 billion event-ticket market.
- Williamson suggests that assets with a high amount of specificity represent sunken costs that have little value outside a particular exchange relationship.
- The amount represents the largest source of money, outweighing contributions from labor unions and political parties.
- This figure represented a 5 per cent increase on the same figure in 1999.
- The numbers which accompany the letters in your code represent the actual amount of allowance you have, in other words tax free income, before you have to pay tax.
- Very often the cost of the shares, representing the amount subscribed on the incorporation of the company, is very low.
- In breach of this undertaking, the company executed an absolute assignment to another creditor of amounts represented by certain bills of exchange.
- So, this represents the amount of money that would be left over if a company were to sell all of its assets at fair market value and then pay off all of liabilities.
- Back wages owed to workers can be used as an estimate for the cost of compliance because they represent the amount of underpayment in compensation for a typical contractor.
- Compared to the annual value, this drop represents an 11.5 percent reduction in regressivity.
- It must be pointed out that wherever land-value rating applies, it has been adopted by a poll of ratepayers representing a great amount of work and profound social concern.
Synonyms
constitute, be, amount to, mean, be regarded as
1. 2.1 Be a specimen or example of; typify.
  （作为典型）代表
  twenty parents, picked to represent a cross section of Scottish life
  被选作代表苏格兰人生活典型的20位家长。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Indeed, Bizet's Carmen represents a prime example of the continued European fascination with oriental Spain.
  By opening their ranks to blue-collar workers and intellectuals alike Welsh choruses collectively represent a cross-section of the Welsh population.
  Tears of the Sun is not a great movie, but it is satisfying, and represents an example of accomplished film-making.
  ‘Pop Art’ was the dominating art movement, represented by artists like Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein.
  Conductus texts are in Latin and represent some of the best examples of new poetry of the time.
  Nonvoting young people represent one of the largest swing-voter blocs out there, and we better get more effective at how we target them.
  Lucrecia Martel, Paula Hernandez, Vanessa Ragone and Julia Solomonoff represent the clearest example of a new generation that is changing the face of cinema.
  They represent a cross-section of the best in their field.
  The above represents an excellent example of a market economy.
  While in Thailand they might decide to take a tour of Bangkok city and Temple, which includes three of the most unusual Buddhist temples in Bangkok representing the finest examples of Thai architecture.
  Synonyms
  be a typical sample of, be representative of, typify, stand for
2. 2.2be represented Be present in something to a particular degree.
  abstraction is well represented in this exhibition
  在这个展览中，抽象艺术得到很好反映。
  Example sentencesExamples
  While these women may be excluded and discarded from the present, this present is also represented as something that doesn't offer much worth claiming.
  Likewise, child readers of the biographies were implicitly encouraged to identify their present with the past represented in the narratives they read.
  He is now free to wander and interact with less restraint, and, as such, his presence is represented with greater frequency.
  He argued that these policies were of dubious benefit in terms of economic development and represented to some degree an unsanctioned redistribution of wealth.
  After Pearl Harbor, the vitriol against people of Japanese descent is represented in propaganda posters urging national unity through xenophobia.
  NYO alumni are represented in all 21 principal Canadian orchestras.
  Abuela Celia presents herself in the form of a narrative, represented as she is in the stories she tells about her life.
3Depict (a particular subject) in a work of art.
描绘，描述，描写
santos are small wooden figures representing saints
圣徒木雕像是描绘圣人的小型木头人像。
Example sentencesExamples
- When Rubens represented a great classical myth, his mind's eye saw a dynamic moment captured, with no part of the canvas wasted.
- The two panels appear joined at the hip, although they represent views of the subject as seen from opposite sides.
- The Old Masters owed their designation not only to superlative technique but also to their ability to represent the right subject.
- A triptych representing shallow boxes glowing orange and located high in a blue field, it evokes both birth and entombment.
- Goya's painting represents the most dramatic scene in which Don Juan arrives at Don Gonzalo's tomb in a fierce thunderstorm.
- Here is a work of art in which style and function are closely linked, since the statue represented Dudu for all time and thus needed to convey durability.
- Female saints were also represented as visionaries, martyrs, and reformers.
- This was an unusual project for Rembrandt in that he rarely illustrated books and rarely represented this kind of mystical, visionary subject matter.
- In some cases twin figures appeared with the owner, but a larger context for the subject was not represented.
- In addition to representing an ideal male figure as a movable effigy, Kouros exemplifies a tendency in Noguchi's work of the early 1940s to represent the process of transformation itself.
- And the prints represent Abstract Expressionism's entire stylistic range, from fast and visceral to cool and ethereal.
- Such a rethinking would not necessarily reject outright the possibility that such images represent their subjects through physiognomic likeness.
- His bas-reliefs are found throughout Benin, in restaurants, and hotels, representing diverse subjects ranging from royal motifs to Vodun symbols.
- Above all else, Zervos focused on the formal qualities of Miro's collages, giving little importance to subjects represented in the artist's chosen materials.
- Courbet earthily depicts the digging of the grave; Manet represents a cortège, not necessarily meant to be seen in the context of the cemetery, but en route.
- Fine art represents the good things in life, while charitable causes are all about doing good.
- The back-and-front subjects represent the beginning and end of Christ's earthly mission, and they bracket key events in the lives of St Catherine and St Ambrose on the lateral walls.
- As a result, a well-trained artist does not need a life model or a preparatory sketch to represent a particular subject.
- Mayan examples are identified by glyphs and attributes, and are understood to represent specific subjects.
- Ivories representing religious themes or commemorating individuals, especially imperial figures, were one high-cost, highly prestigious form of art.
Synonyms
depict, portray, render, picture, delineate, show, illustrate, characterize, paint, draw, sketch
exhibit, display
literary limn
1. 3.1with object and adverbial or infinitive Describe or portray in a particular way.
  the young were consistently represented as being in need of protection
  年轻人一贯被描述为需要保护。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unmistakably, too, this description represents an aspect of his own aspiration.
  Aspirations best represent the dreams of young women, while expectations reflect a realistic view of the world.
  ‘With their gift of intelligence and heart they [young people] represent the future of the world,’ he said.
  Hermetic poetry was a poetry that sought, not to describe or represent, but to evoke.
  Synonyms
  describe as, present as, profess to be, purport to be, claim to be, set oneself up as, pass oneself off as, pose as, pretend to be, masquerade as
2. 3.2 (of a sign or symbol) have a particular signification; stand for.
  （符号或象征）代表，表示
  numbers 1–15 represent the red balls
  数字1至15代表红球。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When teachers describe for a student the actions that take place in a particular movement, the words they use are symbols representing a more abstract concept.
  The term was first used in a French treatise on dance by Raoul-Auger Feuillet and Pierre Beauchamp to denote graphic symbols representing the movement of the feet.
  In example 50 the numerals representing the scale-degrees are misplaced, and example 20 ends just before the crucial chord mentioned in the text.
  Names may be represented by the letters of the alphabet: thus A, B, &c., may stand for any names we are considering, simple or complex.
  In cartoons and drawings an alcoholic beverage is represented by an XXX sign, but for a reason.
  All throughout the menus, you'll see spinning 3D symbols representing your selected option - you'll even see tires spinning in the car configuration option that carry the assigned tread.
  Her photo exhibit ‘Voices of Women’ celebrates as beautiful a wide variety of images representing women and the feminine.
  However, three-dimensional figurative depictions soon predominated, with painted pictograms representing symbols, mottos, and accomplishments of kings.
  Synonyms
  stand for, correspond to
  designate, denote, mean
  literary betoken
3. 3.3 Be a symbol or embodiment of.
  the three heads of Cerberus represent the past, present, and future
  刻尔柏洛斯的三个头分别象征着过去、现在和将来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The workmen trudging among the rubble and girders in a corner of the site earmarked for expansion go about their business under the silent gaze of two giant faces that represent Ealing past and present.
  Simple signifiers like ‘milk and cookies,’ for example, represent cozy domesticity or traditional motherliness.
  The painting represents symbolically the relationship of papal patronage of artists and its difficulties.
  Eliot represents the Jew in Daniel Deronda as a dichotomous figure, adapted from conventional stereotypes circulating in her culture.
  The mukanda initiation or boys requires the guidance of a spirit representing an ideal woman.
  Lamps usually represent the sun and the moon, or the Creator's gift of light.
  Van Gogh's work represents the emotional spontaneity in painting.
  There has been a feeling that the outbreak of democracy represented a Latin American ‘spring’, with the countries now becoming accustomed to democracy and smooth handovers of power.
  They also represent one artist's vision and interpretation of something that must have seemed distinctly exciting and foreign.
  Satimbe masks represents the women ancestors who, according to legend, first discover the role of the masks in escorting the spirits of the dead onto the path to the afterlife.
  The voice-over could represent the subject's thoughts, alternately addressing the viewer or forecasting a future characterized by the things it will lack.
  The faces probably represent the Yoruba god Eshu, who mediates the human and spirit worlds and plays a prominent role in the divination process.
  The law represents an embodiment of a society's values and legal frameworks are becoming increasingly important to the study of marketing.
  Premised upon this is capital's fetishistic claim to represent the embodiment of individual freedom and to be a social order that suspends class conflict.
  Thus, this film represents women without prospects for ownership under a patriarchal system, as hysterical and dangerous vessels.
  The images represent the spirits of people of African descent who died in the Middle Passage or later in the Americas.
  Wikipedia represents a fascinating embodiment of that collective understanding because it is open to contributions from all members of the human collective.
  Yet this could represent the Ghost's embodiment of the disciples' moment of doubt and fear, rather than the atheism of modern generations.
  Once at their table, Agee describes the colors and the tastes, textures, and odors of the food, claiming that these things represent the physical embodiment of home.
  The sculpture represents freedom and depicts a human figure in four stages breaking free from a wall.
  Synonyms
  symbolize, stand for, personify, epitomize, typify, be symbolic of
  embody, be the embodiment/incarnation of, give human form/shape to, body forth, illustrate, incorporate, reflect
  rare incarnate, image
4. 3.4 Play (a role) in a theatrical production.
  扮演
  Example sentencesExamples
  The means of stage expression is also restricted by Yew's choice to employ only five actors to represent the many figures who appear throughout the play.
  From his personal library of images Paul has used footage shot almost 20 years ago of his daughter Kyra at age 3, representing the role of Nijinsky's own daughter Kyra.
4formal State or point out clearly.
〈正式〉明确讲述，清楚说明
it was represented to him that she would be an unsuitable wife
已经明确告诉过他她不会是一个合适的妻子。
Synonyms
point out, state, indicate, present, set forth, put forward
1. 4.1with clause Allege; claim.
  声称
  the vendors have represented that such information is accurate
  商贩们已声称这信息是正确的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The company also represented that they had helped it to hedge downside risk.
  Further, he claims Eircom wrongly represented that the agreed discount was for £85,000.
  The information contained in this article was obtained from sources believed to be reliable; however, we cannot represent that it is accurate or complete.
  He further represented that he had the bank's authority to make a direct contract between it and the payee by the use of the cheque card.
  Synonyms
  claim, maintain, state, say, affirm, allege, contend
  rare asseverate

Derivatives

representability

nounrɛprɪzɛntəˈbɪlɪti

To conclude, this is a film that problematizes woman's representability, both her representability as image and her status as narrator and as subject.
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1829, Dirichlet deduced the representability by Fourier series of a class of functions defined by concepts.
- This is not a simple performative, but one which operates through exclusionary operations that come back to haunt the very claim of representability that it seeks to make.
- In Bakhtin's later writings the chronotope is the grounds for representability.
- In his dissertation, Riemann studied the representability of functions by trigonometric series and gave the conditions for a function to have an integral (what we now call ‘Riemann integrability’).

representable

adjective ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntəb(ə)lˌrɛprəˈzɛn(t)əb(ə)l

Existence is not dialectical, not representable.
Example sentencesExamples
- These may be representable on a single vector or on a number of distinct vectors if the person has distinct and incommensurable satisfactions and enjoyments.
- In 1941 he received the degree of Doctor of Science for a dissertation Structure of isomorphic representable infinite algebras and groups.
- These images were perpetuating certain ideas about what is and is not representable in our culture.
- It is a feature of the human mind to be able to represent events that will take place in the future, but death itself is not representable.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French representer or Latin repraesentare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare 'to present'.

Definition of represent in US English:

represent

verbˌreprəˈzentˌrɛprəˈzɛnt

[with object]

1Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity.
（尤指以正式身份）代表（某人）
for purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult
为诉讼目的，婴儿可以而且必须由一位成人代表。
Example sentencesExamples
- The reality is that they can't realistically hope to represent all students.
- They're willing to put their life on hold in order to represent you, the student.
- I quit my job at the skate shop, but that means I've more time for doing what I love - representing students and fighting for their rights.
- I had a very difficult time getting a lawyer to represent me.
- One of them is to appoint a non-executive Director to represent consumers, and I suspect the appointment will be heavily influenced by the Government.
- To represent members effectively, directors must know what members need.
- In the ensuing excitement, they formally offered to represent him, because, as Lotta put it at the time, ‘this guy, we don't want to lose.’
- The Academy was the brainchild of The Society of Authors, the professional body that represents writers.
- The ICTU is under massive pressure from trade union officials representing workers in the private sector.
- Tiasa, a union representing non-academic staff at Unitec, has called for the institute to drop further legal action.
- Seeing galleries that ‘take risks’ and represent new artists is refreshing and encouraging.
- He didn't represent me, but he represented my father-in-law, Peter Burroughs.
- We began mostly by representing residents on welfare cases.
- He offered me a show, bought my pieces of work and offered to represent me.
- What were you looking in the gallery that represented you?
- She is represented by Ricco / Maresca Gallery in New York.
- Just remember: not only do they represent you, but they are you, to Joe Public.
- Sometimes he is also assisted by an adjunct who will later represent him during absences.
- Mr. Childs, an experienced builder of skyscrapers, is in the sensitive position of representing a client who believes he can remake the plan for his own purposes.
- If he currently manages other artists how long have those other artists been represented by him?
Synonyms
be elected by, be the councillor for, be the mp for, have the vote of
appear for, act for, speak for, act on behalf of, speak on behalf of, be spokesperson for, be the representative of
1. 1.1 (of a competitor) participate in a sports event or other competition on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country)
  （运动员）代表（俱乐部、城市、地区或国家）参赛
  Owens represented the U.S
  Example sentencesExamples
  This year 113 competitors represented twenty-six countries.
  Coke would not comment on the player identities saying that contracts had not been finalized, but did say a player representing each country of origin in the Latino community would be represented.
  This year's event will feature 27 international galleries representing countries such as Japan, The Czech Republic.
  These athletes represent 16 foreign countries and Puerto Rico.
  Although he represented American Samoa, he now calls New Zealand his home and Manakau his residence.
  Synonyms
  play for, appear for
2. 1.2 Be an elected member of a legislature for (a particular constituency, party, or group)
  代表（选区、政党、群体）任国会议员（或其他立法机构议员）
  she became the first woman to represent her district
  她成为首位代表南威尔士一河谷矿区的女议员。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hanson represented a constituency to whom the idea of the truth, of the real, of honesty, of authenticity did matter.
  Five out of six leaders of parties represented in the parliament have since declared themselves feminist.
  ‘But my past has nothing to do with what happens with my son,’ said Zainuri, who is now a local legislator representing a Muslim party in Madiun.
  I also do not feel that my elected officials adequately represent me, nor do I believe in a majority of the actions that are executed on my behalf as an American.
  If we give the special interests a blank check in Congress, who's going to represent us?
  It is under the nominal rule of a governor general elected by Parliament to represent Queen Elizabeth II of England, the head of state.
  In some ways, they represent the electorate that constantly confused group of people who understand that to solve problems, you have to be part of the participating solution.
  In 1624, and again in 1625, he represented Montgomery in Parliament.
  In total, about 85 per cent of the parties represented in Parliament were in favour of a Yes vote.
  Neville Bonner, who was the first Aboriginal person in Federal Parliament, representing Queensland as a Liberal Party Senator from 1971 to 1983.
  After two years in that position, he run for and won a place on the US Senate representing that state, a position he still holds to this day.
  A student radical and a trade union official before he became a TD, Rabbitte has represented the constituency of Dublin South West since he was first elected in 1989.
  The Justice Party today is not represented in the Danish Parliament, nor has it been for 15 years.
  Joe Rogers, lieutenant governor of Colorado, seeks to represent that state's 7th District.
  Within four years, he was elected as the Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside, and continues to represent this constituency today.
  He was first elected in the Fianna Fail landslide of 1977, representing the old three-seater Dublin West constituency.
  Yet, the Foreign Ministry is not the only government body whose policies are influenced by Diet members representing the vested interests of certain groups or industries.
  Nobody representing the UDA was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1997.
  The DUP, while representing the farming constituency, also lays claim to a sizeable chunk of support from working-class Protestants.
  Its principle task is to draw up a constitution, agreed by a parliament representing each Iraqi community.
  Currently, 25 constituencies are represented, and 17 constituencies are without a minister or minister of state.
  Both are represented in their respective parliament.
3. 1.3usually be represented Act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official or ceremonial occasion.
  作为某人的代表（尤指在正式场合或仪式中）
  the president was represented by the secretary of state
  Example sentencesExamples
  In Ottawa, the Queen is represented by the Governor-General who acts as her official host when she is in Canada, and in the provinces the Lieutenant-Governors fill the same role.
  Synonyms
  deputize for, act as a substitute for, substitute for, stand in for, take the place of, replace
2Constitute; amount to.
构成；代表；相当于
this figure represents eleven percent of the company's total sales
这一数字相当于公司总销售额的11%。
Example sentencesExamples
- Back wages owed to workers can be used as an estimate for the cost of compliance because they represent the amount of underpayment in compensation for a typical contractor.
- This amount, per Jupiter, represents a mere 2 percent of the total projected $2.7 billion event-ticket market.
- The numbers which accompany the letters in your code represent the actual amount of allowance you have, in other words tax free income, before you have to pay tax.
- The upper values represent the 95th percentile values for the entire sample.
- During the first four months of 1999, foreign investment in Korea amounted to US$2.8 billion, representing a 147.4 per cent increase from the same period a year before.
- His pay last year was made up of £500,000 in base salary and a £150,000 bonus, representing half the amount he was entitled to.
- Very often the cost of the shares, representing the amount subscribed on the incorporation of the company, is very low.
- In the final years of the 1980s the deficits amounted to €3.5 billion, representing a huge 13 per cent slice of what was then a much smaller national cake.
- The amount represents the largest source of money, outweighing contributions from labor unions and political parties.
- The final figure will also represent a 21 per cent decline on the number of new jobs created last year.
- Compared to the annual value, this drop represents an 11.5 percent reduction in regressivity.
- This represents some 40 percent of the overall annual production.
- So, this represents the amount of money that would be left over if a company were to sell all of its assets at fair market value and then pay off all of liabilities.
- It must be pointed out that wherever land-value rating applies, it has been adopted by a poll of ratepayers representing a great amount of work and profound social concern.
- Finally, inventory represents the amount of materials currently available for production.
- In breach of this undertaking, the company executed an absolute assignment to another creditor of amounts represented by certain bills of exchange.
- If they do, then this amount would represent a lowerbound estimate for the true level of economic benefits.
- Williamson suggests that assets with a high amount of specificity represent sunken costs that have little value outside a particular exchange relationship.
- This figure represented a 5 per cent increase on the same figure in 1999.
- The certainty equivalent represents the amount of money a producer would accept to avoid the risk present in a particular revenue scenario.
Synonyms
constitute, be, amount to, mean, be regarded as
1. 2.1 Be a specimen or example of; typify.
  （作为典型）代表
  twenty parents, picked to represent a cross section of rural life
  被选作代表苏格兰人生活典型的20位家长。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Indeed, Bizet's Carmen represents a prime example of the continued European fascination with oriental Spain.
  Lucrecia Martel, Paula Hernandez, Vanessa Ragone and Julia Solomonoff represent the clearest example of a new generation that is changing the face of cinema.
  Tears of the Sun is not a great movie, but it is satisfying, and represents an example of accomplished film-making.
  Conductus texts are in Latin and represent some of the best examples of new poetry of the time.
  Nonvoting young people represent one of the largest swing-voter blocs out there, and we better get more effective at how we target them.
  By opening their ranks to blue-collar workers and intellectuals alike Welsh choruses collectively represent a cross-section of the Welsh population.
  ‘Pop Art’ was the dominating art movement, represented by artists like Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein.
  While in Thailand they might decide to take a tour of Bangkok city and Temple, which includes three of the most unusual Buddhist temples in Bangkok representing the finest examples of Thai architecture.
  They represent a cross-section of the best in their field.
  The above represents an excellent example of a market economy.
  Synonyms
  be a typical sample of, be representative of, typify, stand for
2. 2.2be represented (of a group or type of person or thing) be present or found in something, especially to a particular degree.
  （尤指在某种程度上作为某类人或物的代表）存在于；反映在…中
  abstraction is well represented in this exhibition
  在这个展览中，抽象艺术得到很好反映。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He argued that these policies were of dubious benefit in terms of economic development and represented to some degree an unsanctioned redistribution of wealth.
  NYO alumni are represented in all 21 principal Canadian orchestras.
  While these women may be excluded and discarded from the present, this present is also represented as something that doesn't offer much worth claiming.
  After Pearl Harbor, the vitriol against people of Japanese descent is represented in propaganda posters urging national unity through xenophobia.
  He is now free to wander and interact with less restraint, and, as such, his presence is represented with greater frequency.
  Likewise, child readers of the biographies were implicitly encouraged to identify their present with the past represented in the narratives they read.
  Abuela Celia presents herself in the form of a narrative, represented as she is in the stories she tells about her life.
3Depict (a particular subject) in a picture or other work of art.
描绘，描述，描写
santos are small wooden figures representing saints
圣徒木雕像是描绘圣人的小型木头人像。
Example sentencesExamples
- Above all else, Zervos focused on the formal qualities of Miro's collages, giving little importance to subjects represented in the artist's chosen materials.
- Mayan examples are identified by glyphs and attributes, and are understood to represent specific subjects.
- Courbet earthily depicts the digging of the grave; Manet represents a cortège, not necessarily meant to be seen in the context of the cemetery, but en route.
- Such a rethinking would not necessarily reject outright the possibility that such images represent their subjects through physiognomic likeness.
- The back-and-front subjects represent the beginning and end of Christ's earthly mission, and they bracket key events in the lives of St Catherine and St Ambrose on the lateral walls.
- As a result, a well-trained artist does not need a life model or a preparatory sketch to represent a particular subject.
- Fine art represents the good things in life, while charitable causes are all about doing good.
- And the prints represent Abstract Expressionism's entire stylistic range, from fast and visceral to cool and ethereal.
- Here is a work of art in which style and function are closely linked, since the statue represented Dudu for all time and thus needed to convey durability.
- The Old Masters owed their designation not only to superlative technique but also to their ability to represent the right subject.
- In some cases twin figures appeared with the owner, but a larger context for the subject was not represented.
- Goya's painting represents the most dramatic scene in which Don Juan arrives at Don Gonzalo's tomb in a fierce thunderstorm.
- When Rubens represented a great classical myth, his mind's eye saw a dynamic moment captured, with no part of the canvas wasted.
- Ivories representing religious themes or commemorating individuals, especially imperial figures, were one high-cost, highly prestigious form of art.
- His bas-reliefs are found throughout Benin, in restaurants, and hotels, representing diverse subjects ranging from royal motifs to Vodun symbols.
- The two panels appear joined at the hip, although they represent views of the subject as seen from opposite sides.
- In addition to representing an ideal male figure as a movable effigy, Kouros exemplifies a tendency in Noguchi's work of the early 1940s to represent the process of transformation itself.
- Female saints were also represented as visionaries, martyrs, and reformers.
- A triptych representing shallow boxes glowing orange and located high in a blue field, it evokes both birth and entombment.
- This was an unusual project for Rembrandt in that he rarely illustrated books and rarely represented this kind of mystical, visionary subject matter.
Synonyms
depict, portray, render, picture, delineate, show, illustrate, characterize, paint, draw, sketch
1. 3.1with object and adverbial or infinitive Describe or depict (someone or something) as being of a certain nature; portray in a particular way.
  把…描述成，把…描写成
  the young were consistently represented as being in need of protection
  年轻人一贯被描述为需要保护。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unmistakably, too, this description represents an aspect of his own aspiration.
  Hermetic poetry was a poetry that sought, not to describe or represent, but to evoke.
  Aspirations best represent the dreams of young women, while expectations reflect a realistic view of the world.
  ‘With their gift of intelligence and heart they [young people] represent the future of the world,’ he said.
  Synonyms
  describe as, present as, profess to be, purport to be, claim to be, set oneself up as, pass oneself off as, pose as, pretend to be, masquerade as
2. 3.2 (of a sign or symbol) have a particular signification; stand for.
  （符号或象征）代表，表示
  the numbers 1–10 represent the letters A–J
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, three-dimensional figurative depictions soon predominated, with painted pictograms representing symbols, mottos, and accomplishments of kings.
  When teachers describe for a student the actions that take place in a particular movement, the words they use are symbols representing a more abstract concept.
  All throughout the menus, you'll see spinning 3D symbols representing your selected option - you'll even see tires spinning in the car configuration option that carry the assigned tread.
  In cartoons and drawings an alcoholic beverage is represented by an XXX sign, but for a reason.
  In example 50 the numerals representing the scale-degrees are misplaced, and example 20 ends just before the crucial chord mentioned in the text.
  Names may be represented by the letters of the alphabet: thus A, B, &c., may stand for any names we are considering, simple or complex.
  Her photo exhibit ‘Voices of Women’ celebrates as beautiful a wide variety of images representing women and the feminine.
  The term was first used in a French treatise on dance by Raoul-Auger Feuillet and Pierre Beauchamp to denote graphic symbols representing the movement of the feet.
  Synonyms
  stand for, correspond to
3. 3.3 Be a symbol or embodiment of (a particular quality or thing)
  象征，体现
  the three heads of Cerberus represent the past, present, and future
  刻尔柏洛斯的三个头分别象征着过去、现在和将来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Once at their table, Agee describes the colors and the tastes, textures, and odors of the food, claiming that these things represent the physical embodiment of home.
  Satimbe masks represents the women ancestors who, according to legend, first discover the role of the masks in escorting the spirits of the dead onto the path to the afterlife.
  Eliot represents the Jew in Daniel Deronda as a dichotomous figure, adapted from conventional stereotypes circulating in her culture.
  The mukanda initiation or boys requires the guidance of a spirit representing an ideal woman.
  The faces probably represent the Yoruba god Eshu, who mediates the human and spirit worlds and plays a prominent role in the divination process.
  The painting represents symbolically the relationship of papal patronage of artists and its difficulties.
  The sculpture represents freedom and depicts a human figure in four stages breaking free from a wall.
  Premised upon this is capital's fetishistic claim to represent the embodiment of individual freedom and to be a social order that suspends class conflict.
  Yet this could represent the Ghost's embodiment of the disciples' moment of doubt and fear, rather than the atheism of modern generations.
  The voice-over could represent the subject's thoughts, alternately addressing the viewer or forecasting a future characterized by the things it will lack.
  They also represent one artist's vision and interpretation of something that must have seemed distinctly exciting and foreign.
  The law represents an embodiment of a society's values and legal frameworks are becoming increasingly important to the study of marketing.
  The workmen trudging among the rubble and girders in a corner of the site earmarked for expansion go about their business under the silent gaze of two giant faces that represent Ealing past and present.
  Simple signifiers like ‘milk and cookies,’ for example, represent cozy domesticity or traditional motherliness.
  Thus, this film represents women without prospects for ownership under a patriarchal system, as hysterical and dangerous vessels.
  The images represent the spirits of people of African descent who died in the Middle Passage or later in the Americas.
  There has been a feeling that the outbreak of democracy represented a Latin American ‘spring’, with the countries now becoming accustomed to democracy and smooth handovers of power.
  Lamps usually represent the sun and the moon, or the Creator's gift of light.
  Van Gogh's work represents the emotional spontaneity in painting.
  Wikipedia represents a fascinating embodiment of that collective understanding because it is open to contributions from all members of the human collective.
  Synonyms
  symbolize, stand for, personify, epitomize, typify, be symbolic of
4. 3.4 Play the part of (someone) in a theatrical production.
  扮演
  Example sentencesExamples
  The means of stage expression is also restricted by Yew's choice to employ only five actors to represent the many figures who appear throughout the play.
  From his personal library of images Paul has used footage shot almost 20 years ago of his daughter Kyra at age 3, representing the role of Nijinsky's own daughter Kyra.
4formal State or point out (something) clearly.
〈正式〉明确讲述，清楚说明
it was represented to him that she would be an unsuitable wife
已经明确告诉过他她不会是一个合适的妻子。
Synonyms
point out, state, indicate, present, set forth, put forward
1. 4.1with clause Allege; claim.
  声称
  the vendors have represented that such information is accurate
  商贩们已声称这信息是正确的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Further, he claims Eircom wrongly represented that the agreed discount was for £85,000.
  The information contained in this article was obtained from sources believed to be reliable; however, we cannot represent that it is accurate or complete.
  He further represented that he had the bank's authority to make a direct contract between it and the payee by the use of the cheque card.
  The company also represented that they had helped it to hedge downside risk.
  Synonyms
  claim, maintain, state, say, affirm, allege, contend

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French representer or Latin repraesentare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare ‘to present’.

词汇	represent
释义	Definition of represent in English: represent verb rɛprɪˈzɛntˌrɛprəˈzɛnt [with object] 1Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity. （尤指以正式身份）代表（某人） for purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult 为诉讼目的，婴儿可以而且必须由一位成人代表。 Example sentencesExamples Tiasa, a union representing non-academic staff at Unitec, has called for the institute to drop further legal action. To represent members effectively, directors must know what members need. The ICTU is under massive pressure from trade union officials representing workers in the private sector. The Academy was the brainchild of The Society of Authors, the professional body that represents writers. I had a very difficult time getting a lawyer to represent me. If he currently manages other artists how long have those other artists been represented by him? Just remember: not only do they represent you, but they are you, to Joe Public. He offered me a show, bought my pieces of work and offered to represent me. What were you looking in the gallery that represented you? Sometimes he is also assisted by an adjunct who will later represent him during absences. He didn't represent me, but he represented my father-in-law, Peter Burroughs. In the ensuing excitement, they formally offered to represent him, because, as Lotta put it at the time, ‘this guy, we don't want to lose.’ They're willing to put their life on hold in order to represent you, the student. I quit my job at the skate shop, but that means I've more time for doing what I love - representing students and fighting for their rights. Seeing galleries that ‘take risks’ and represent new artists is refreshing and encouraging. The reality is that they can't realistically hope to represent all students. Mr. Childs, an experienced builder of skyscrapers, is in the sensitive position of representing a client who believes he can remake the plan for his own purposes. We began mostly by representing residents on welfare cases. She is represented by Ricco / Maresca Gallery in New York. One of them is to appoint a non-executive Director to represent consumers, and I suspect the appointment will be heavily influenced by the Government. Synonyms be elected by, be the councillor/MP for, have the vote of appear for, act for, speak for, act/speak on behalf of, be spokesperson for, be the representative of 1.1 (of a competitor) participate in a sporting event on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country) （运动员）代表（俱乐部、城市、地区或国家）参赛 Wade represented Great Britain 韦德代表英国参赛。 Example sentencesExamples These athletes represent 16 foreign countries and Puerto Rico. Coke would not comment on the player identities saying that contracts had not been finalized, but did say a player representing each country of origin in the Latino community would be represented. This year's event will feature 27 international galleries representing countries such as Japan, The Czech Republic. This year 113 competitors represented twenty-six countries. Although he represented American Samoa, he now calls New Zealand his home and Manakau his residence. Synonyms play for, appear for be a member of the team 1.2 Be an elected Member of Parliament or member of a legislature for (a particular constituency or party) 代表（选区、政党、群体）任国会议员（或其他立法机构议员） she became the first woman to represent a South Wales mining valley 她成为首位代表南威尔士一河谷矿区的女议员。 Example sentencesExamples A student radical and a trade union official before he became a TD, Rabbitte has represented the constituency of Dublin South West since he was first elected in 1989. Currently, 25 constituencies are represented, and 17 constituencies are without a minister or minister of state. The Justice Party today is not represented in the Danish Parliament, nor has it been for 15 years. Neville Bonner, who was the first Aboriginal person in Federal Parliament, representing Queensland as a Liberal Party Senator from 1971 to 1983. Five out of six leaders of parties represented in the parliament have since declared themselves feminist. After two years in that position, he run for and won a place on the US Senate representing that state, a position he still holds to this day. Hanson represented a constituency to whom the idea of the truth, of the real, of honesty, of authenticity did matter. Yet, the Foreign Ministry is not the only government body whose policies are influenced by Diet members representing the vested interests of certain groups or industries. Both are represented in their respective parliament. If we give the special interests a blank check in Congress, who's going to represent us? The DUP, while representing the farming constituency, also lays claim to a sizeable chunk of support from working-class Protestants. ‘But my past has nothing to do with what happens with my son,’ said Zainuri, who is now a local legislator representing a Muslim party in Madiun. In total, about 85 per cent of the parties represented in Parliament were in favour of a Yes vote. In some ways, they represent the electorate that constantly confused group of people who understand that to solve problems, you have to be part of the participating solution. It is under the nominal rule of a governor general elected by Parliament to represent Queen Elizabeth II of England, the head of state. In 1624, and again in 1625, he represented Montgomery in Parliament. Joe Rogers, lieutenant governor of Colorado, seeks to represent that state's 7th District. Nobody representing the UDA was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1997. He was first elected in the Fianna Fail landslide of 1977, representing the old three-seater Dublin West constituency. I also do not feel that my elected officials adequately represent me, nor do I believe in a majority of the actions that are executed on my behalf as an American. Within four years, he was elected as the Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside, and continues to represent this constituency today. Its principle task is to draw up a constitution, agreed by a parliament representing each Iraqi community. 1.3 Act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official occasion. 作为某人的代表（尤指在正式场合或仪式中） the Duke of Edinburgh was represented by the Countess Mountbatten 爱丁堡公爵由蒙巴顿女伯爵作代表。 Example sentencesExamples In Ottawa, the Queen is represented by the Governor-General who acts as her official host when she is in Canada, and in the provinces the Lieutenant-Governors fill the same role. Synonyms deputize for, act as a substitute for, substitute for, stand in for, take the place of, replace 2Constitute; amount to. 构成；代表；相当于 this figure represents eleven per cent of the company's total sales 这一数字相当于公司总销售额的11%。 Example sentencesExamples The certainty equivalent represents the amount of money a producer would accept to avoid the risk present in a particular revenue scenario. This represents some 40 percent of the overall annual production. The upper values represent the 95th percentile values for the entire sample. Finally, inventory represents the amount of materials currently available for production. During the first four months of 1999, foreign investment in Korea amounted to US$2.8 billion, representing a 147.4 per cent increase from the same period a year before. If they do, then this amount would represent a lowerbound estimate for the true level of economic benefits. The final figure will also represent a 21 per cent decline on the number of new jobs created last year. His pay last year was made up of £500,000 in base salary and a £150,000 bonus, representing half the amount he was entitled to. In the final years of the 1980s the deficits amounted to €3.5 billion, representing a huge 13 per cent slice of what was then a much smaller national cake. This amount, per Jupiter, represents a mere 2 percent of the total projected $2.7 billion event-ticket market. Williamson suggests that assets with a high amount of specificity represent sunken costs that have little value outside a particular exchange relationship. The amount represents the largest source of money, outweighing contributions from labor unions and political parties. This figure represented a 5 per cent increase on the same figure in 1999. The numbers which accompany the letters in your code represent the actual amount of allowance you have, in other words tax free income, before you have to pay tax. Very often the cost of the shares, representing the amount subscribed on the incorporation of the company, is very low. In breach of this undertaking, the company executed an absolute assignment to another creditor of amounts represented by certain bills of exchange. So, this represents the amount of money that would be left over if a company were to sell all of its assets at fair market value and then pay off all of liabilities. Back wages owed to workers can be used as an estimate for the cost of compliance because they represent the amount of underpayment in compensation for a typical contractor. Compared to the annual value, this drop represents an 11.5 percent reduction in regressivity. It must be pointed out that wherever land-value rating applies, it has been adopted by a poll of ratepayers representing a great amount of work and profound social concern. Synonyms constitute, be, amount to, mean, be regarded as 2.1 Be a specimen or example of; typify. （作为典型）代表 twenty parents, picked to represent a cross section of Scottish life 被选作代表苏格兰人生活典型的20位家长。 Example sentencesExamples Indeed, Bizet's Carmen represents a prime example of the continued European fascination with oriental Spain. By opening their ranks to blue-collar workers and intellectuals alike Welsh choruses collectively represent a cross-section of the Welsh population. Tears of the Sun is not a great movie, but it is satisfying, and represents an example of accomplished film-making. ‘Pop Art’ was the dominating art movement, represented by artists like Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. Conductus texts are in Latin and represent some of the best examples of new poetry of the time. Nonvoting young people represent one of the largest swing-voter blocs out there, and we better get more effective at how we target them. Lucrecia Martel, Paula Hernandez, Vanessa Ragone and Julia Solomonoff represent the clearest example of a new generation that is changing the face of cinema. They represent a cross-section of the best in their field. The above represents an excellent example of a market economy. While in Thailand they might decide to take a tour of Bangkok city and Temple, which includes three of the most unusual Buddhist temples in Bangkok representing the finest examples of Thai architecture. Synonyms be a typical sample of, be representative of, typify, stand for 2.2be represented Be present in something to a particular degree. abstraction is well represented in this exhibition 在这个展览中，抽象艺术得到很好反映。 Example sentencesExamples While these women may be excluded and discarded from the present, this present is also represented as something that doesn't offer much worth claiming. Likewise, child readers of the biographies were implicitly encouraged to identify their present with the past represented in the narratives they read. He is now free to wander and interact with less restraint, and, as such, his presence is represented with greater frequency. He argued that these policies were of dubious benefit in terms of economic development and represented to some degree an unsanctioned redistribution of wealth. After Pearl Harbor, the vitriol against people of Japanese descent is represented in propaganda posters urging national unity through xenophobia. NYO alumni are represented in all 21 principal Canadian orchestras. Abuela Celia presents herself in the form of a narrative, represented as she is in the stories she tells about her life. 3Depict (a particular subject) in a work of art. 描绘，描述，描写 santos are small wooden figures representing saints 圣徒木雕像是描绘圣人的小型木头人像。 Example sentencesExamples When Rubens represented a great classical myth, his mind's eye saw a dynamic moment captured, with no part of the canvas wasted. The two panels appear joined at the hip, although they represent views of the subject as seen from opposite sides. The Old Masters owed their designation not only to superlative technique but also to their ability to represent the right subject. A triptych representing shallow boxes glowing orange and located high in a blue field, it evokes both birth and entombment. Goya's painting represents the most dramatic scene in which Don Juan arrives at Don Gonzalo's tomb in a fierce thunderstorm. Here is a work of art in which style and function are closely linked, since the statue represented Dudu for all time and thus needed to convey durability. Female saints were also represented as visionaries, martyrs, and reformers. This was an unusual project for Rembrandt in that he rarely illustrated books and rarely represented this kind of mystical, visionary subject matter. In some cases twin figures appeared with the owner, but a larger context for the subject was not represented. In addition to representing an ideal male figure as a movable effigy, Kouros exemplifies a tendency in Noguchi's work of the early 1940s to represent the process of transformation itself. And the prints represent Abstract Expressionism's entire stylistic range, from fast and visceral to cool and ethereal. Such a rethinking would not necessarily reject outright the possibility that such images represent their subjects through physiognomic likeness. His bas-reliefs are found throughout Benin, in restaurants, and hotels, representing diverse subjects ranging from royal motifs to Vodun symbols. Above all else, Zervos focused on the formal qualities of Miro's collages, giving little importance to subjects represented in the artist's chosen materials. Courbet earthily depicts the digging of the grave; Manet represents a cortège, not necessarily meant to be seen in the context of the cemetery, but en route. Fine art represents the good things in life, while charitable causes are all about doing good. The back-and-front subjects represent the beginning and end of Christ's earthly mission, and they bracket key events in the lives of St Catherine and St Ambrose on the lateral walls. As a result, a well-trained artist does not need a life model or a preparatory sketch to represent a particular subject. Mayan examples are identified by glyphs and attributes, and are understood to represent specific subjects. Ivories representing religious themes or commemorating individuals, especially imperial figures, were one high-cost, highly prestigious form of art. Synonyms depict, portray, render, picture, delineate, show, illustrate, characterize, paint, draw, sketch exhibit, display literary limn 3.1with object and adverbial or infinitive Describe or portray in a particular way. the young were consistently represented as being in need of protection 年轻人一贯被描述为需要保护。 Example sentencesExamples Unmistakably, too, this description represents an aspect of his own aspiration. Aspirations best represent the dreams of young women, while expectations reflect a realistic view of the world. ‘With their gift of intelligence and heart they [young people] represent the future of the world,’ he said. Hermetic poetry was a poetry that sought, not to describe or represent, but to evoke. Synonyms describe as, present as, profess to be, purport to be, claim to be, set oneself up as, pass oneself off as, pose as, pretend to be, masquerade as 3.2 (of a sign or symbol) have a particular signification; stand for. （符号或象征）代表，表示 numbers 1–15 represent the red balls 数字1至15代表红球。 Example sentencesExamples When teachers describe for a student the actions that take place in a particular movement, the words they use are symbols representing a more abstract concept. The term was first used in a French treatise on dance by Raoul-Auger Feuillet and Pierre Beauchamp to denote graphic symbols representing the movement of the feet. In example 50 the numerals representing the scale-degrees are misplaced, and example 20 ends just before the crucial chord mentioned in the text. Names may be represented by the letters of the alphabet: thus A, B, &c., may stand for any names we are considering, simple or complex. In cartoons and drawings an alcoholic beverage is represented by an XXX sign, but for a reason. All throughout the menus, you'll see spinning 3D symbols representing your selected option - you'll even see tires spinning in the car configuration option that carry the assigned tread. Her photo exhibit ‘Voices of Women’ celebrates as beautiful a wide variety of images representing women and the feminine. However, three-dimensional figurative depictions soon predominated, with painted pictograms representing symbols, mottos, and accomplishments of kings. Synonyms stand for, correspond to designate, denote, mean literary betoken 3.3 Be a symbol or embodiment of. the three heads of Cerberus represent the past, present, and future 刻尔柏洛斯的三个头分别象征着过去、现在和将来。 Example sentencesExamples The workmen trudging among the rubble and girders in a corner of the site earmarked for expansion go about their business under the silent gaze of two giant faces that represent Ealing past and present. Simple signifiers like ‘milk and cookies,’ for example, represent cozy domesticity or traditional motherliness. The painting represents symbolically the relationship of papal patronage of artists and its difficulties. Eliot represents the Jew in Daniel Deronda as a dichotomous figure, adapted from conventional stereotypes circulating in her culture. The mukanda initiation or boys requires the guidance of a spirit representing an ideal woman. Lamps usually represent the sun and the moon, or the Creator's gift of light. Van Gogh's work represents the emotional spontaneity in painting. There has been a feeling that the outbreak of democracy represented a Latin American ‘spring’, with the countries now becoming accustomed to democracy and smooth handovers of power. They also represent one artist's vision and interpretation of something that must have seemed distinctly exciting and foreign. Satimbe masks represents the women ancestors who, according to legend, first discover the role of the masks in escorting the spirits of the dead onto the path to the afterlife. The voice-over could represent the subject's thoughts, alternately addressing the viewer or forecasting a future characterized by the things it will lack. The faces probably represent the Yoruba god Eshu, who mediates the human and spirit worlds and plays a prominent role in the divination process. The law represents an embodiment of a society's values and legal frameworks are becoming increasingly important to the study of marketing. Premised upon this is capital's fetishistic claim to represent the embodiment of individual freedom and to be a social order that suspends class conflict. Thus, this film represents women without prospects for ownership under a patriarchal system, as hysterical and dangerous vessels. The images represent the spirits of people of African descent who died in the Middle Passage or later in the Americas. Wikipedia represents a fascinating embodiment of that collective understanding because it is open to contributions from all members of the human collective. Yet this could represent the Ghost's embodiment of the disciples' moment of doubt and fear, rather than the atheism of modern generations. Once at their table, Agee describes the colors and the tastes, textures, and odors of the food, claiming that these things represent the physical embodiment of home. The sculpture represents freedom and depicts a human figure in four stages breaking free from a wall. Synonyms symbolize, stand for, personify, epitomize, typify, be symbolic of embody, be the embodiment/incarnation of, give human form/shape to, body forth, illustrate, incorporate, reflect rare incarnate, image 3.4 Play (a role) in a theatrical production. 扮演 Example sentencesExamples The means of stage expression is also restricted by Yew's choice to employ only five actors to represent the many figures who appear throughout the play. From his personal library of images Paul has used footage shot almost 20 years ago of his daughter Kyra at age 3, representing the role of Nijinsky's own daughter Kyra. 4formal State or point out clearly. 〈正式〉明确讲述，清楚说明 it was represented to him that she would be an unsuitable wife 已经明确告诉过他她不会是一个合适的妻子。 Synonyms point out, state, indicate, present, set forth, put forward 4.1with clause Allege; claim. 声称 the vendors have represented that such information is accurate 商贩们已声称这信息是正确的。 Example sentencesExamples The company also represented that they had helped it to hedge downside risk. Further, he claims Eircom wrongly represented that the agreed discount was for £85,000. The information contained in this article was obtained from sources believed to be reliable; however, we cannot represent that it is accurate or complete. He further represented that he had the bank's authority to make a direct contract between it and the payee by the use of the cheque card. Synonyms claim, maintain, state, say, affirm, allege, contend rare asseverate Derivatives representability nounrɛprɪzɛntəˈbɪlɪti To conclude, this is a film that problematizes woman's representability, both her representability as image and her status as narrator and as subject. Example sentencesExamples In 1829, Dirichlet deduced the representability by Fourier series of a class of functions defined by concepts. This is not a simple performative, but one which operates through exclusionary operations that come back to haunt the very claim of representability that it seeks to make. In Bakhtin's later writings the chronotope is the grounds for representability. In his dissertation, Riemann studied the representability of functions by trigonometric series and gave the conditions for a function to have an integral (what we now call ‘Riemann integrability’). representable adjective ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntəb(ə)lˌrɛprəˈzɛn(t)əb(ə)l Existence is not dialectical, not representable. Example sentencesExamples These may be representable on a single vector or on a number of distinct vectors if the person has distinct and incommensurable satisfactions and enjoyments. In 1941 he received the degree of Doctor of Science for a dissertation Structure of isomorphic representable infinite algebras and groups. These images were perpetuating certain ideas about what is and is not representable in our culture. It is a feature of the human mind to be able to represent events that will take place in the future, but death itself is not representable. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French representer or Latin repraesentare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare 'to present'. Definition of represent in US English: represent verbˌreprəˈzentˌrɛprəˈzɛnt [with object] 1Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity. （尤指以正式身份）代表（某人） for purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult 为诉讼目的，婴儿可以而且必须由一位成人代表。 Example sentencesExamples The reality is that they can't realistically hope to represent all students. They're willing to put their life on hold in order to represent you, the student. I quit my job at the skate shop, but that means I've more time for doing what I love - representing students and fighting for their rights. I had a very difficult time getting a lawyer to represent me. One of them is to appoint a non-executive Director to represent consumers, and I suspect the appointment will be heavily influenced by the Government. To represent members effectively, directors must know what members need. In the ensuing excitement, they formally offered to represent him, because, as Lotta put it at the time, ‘this guy, we don't want to lose.’ The Academy was the brainchild of The Society of Authors, the professional body that represents writers. The ICTU is under massive pressure from trade union officials representing workers in the private sector. Tiasa, a union representing non-academic staff at Unitec, has called for the institute to drop further legal action. Seeing galleries that ‘take risks’ and represent new artists is refreshing and encouraging. He didn't represent me, but he represented my father-in-law, Peter Burroughs. We began mostly by representing residents on welfare cases. He offered me a show, bought my pieces of work and offered to represent me. What were you looking in the gallery that represented you? She is represented by Ricco / Maresca Gallery in New York. Just remember: not only do they represent you, but they are you, to Joe Public. Sometimes he is also assisted by an adjunct who will later represent him during absences. Mr. Childs, an experienced builder of skyscrapers, is in the sensitive position of representing a client who believes he can remake the plan for his own purposes. If he currently manages other artists how long have those other artists been represented by him? Synonyms be elected by, be the councillor for, be the mp for, have the vote of appear for, act for, speak for, act on behalf of, speak on behalf of, be spokesperson for, be the representative of 1.1 (of a competitor) participate in a sports event or other competition on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country) （运动员）代表（俱乐部、城市、地区或国家）参赛 Owens represented the U.S Example sentencesExamples This year 113 competitors represented twenty-six countries. Coke would not comment on the player identities saying that contracts had not been finalized, but did say a player representing each country of origin in the Latino community would be represented. This year's event will feature 27 international galleries representing countries such as Japan, The Czech Republic. These athletes represent 16 foreign countries and Puerto Rico. Although he represented American Samoa, he now calls New Zealand his home and Manakau his residence. Synonyms play for, appear for 1.2 Be an elected member of a legislature for (a particular constituency, party, or group) 代表（选区、政党、群体）任国会议员（或其他立法机构议员） she became the first woman to represent her district 她成为首位代表南威尔士一河谷矿区的女议员。 Example sentencesExamples Hanson represented a constituency to whom the idea of the truth, of the real, of honesty, of authenticity did matter. Five out of six leaders of parties represented in the parliament have since declared themselves feminist. ‘But my past has nothing to do with what happens with my son,’ said Zainuri, who is now a local legislator representing a Muslim party in Madiun. I also do not feel that my elected officials adequately represent me, nor do I believe in a majority of the actions that are executed on my behalf as an American. If we give the special interests a blank check in Congress, who's going to represent us? It is under the nominal rule of a governor general elected by Parliament to represent Queen Elizabeth II of England, the head of state. In some ways, they represent the electorate that constantly confused group of people who understand that to solve problems, you have to be part of the participating solution. In 1624, and again in 1625, he represented Montgomery in Parliament. In total, about 85 per cent of the parties represented in Parliament were in favour of a Yes vote. Neville Bonner, who was the first Aboriginal person in Federal Parliament, representing Queensland as a Liberal Party Senator from 1971 to 1983. After two years in that position, he run for and won a place on the US Senate representing that state, a position he still holds to this day. A student radical and a trade union official before he became a TD, Rabbitte has represented the constituency of Dublin South West since he was first elected in 1989. The Justice Party today is not represented in the Danish Parliament, nor has it been for 15 years. Joe Rogers, lieutenant governor of Colorado, seeks to represent that state's 7th District. Within four years, he was elected as the Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside, and continues to represent this constituency today. He was first elected in the Fianna Fail landslide of 1977, representing the old three-seater Dublin West constituency. Yet, the Foreign Ministry is not the only government body whose policies are influenced by Diet members representing the vested interests of certain groups or industries. Nobody representing the UDA was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1997. The DUP, while representing the farming constituency, also lays claim to a sizeable chunk of support from working-class Protestants. Its principle task is to draw up a constitution, agreed by a parliament representing each Iraqi community. Currently, 25 constituencies are represented, and 17 constituencies are without a minister or minister of state. Both are represented in their respective parliament. 1.3usually be represented Act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official or ceremonial occasion. 作为某人的代表（尤指在正式场合或仪式中） the president was represented by the secretary of state Example sentencesExamples In Ottawa, the Queen is represented by the Governor-General who acts as her official host when she is in Canada, and in the provinces the Lieutenant-Governors fill the same role. Synonyms deputize for, act as a substitute for, substitute for, stand in for, take the place of, replace 2Constitute; amount to. 构成；代表；相当于 this figure represents eleven percent of the company's total sales 这一数字相当于公司总销售额的11%。 Example sentencesExamples Back wages owed to workers can be used as an estimate for the cost of compliance because they represent the amount of underpayment in compensation for a typical contractor. This amount, per Jupiter, represents a mere 2 percent of the total projected $2.7 billion event-ticket market. The numbers which accompany the letters in your code represent the actual amount of allowance you have, in other words tax free income, before you have to pay tax. The upper values represent the 95th percentile values for the entire sample. During the first four months of 1999, foreign investment in Korea amounted to US$2.8 billion, representing a 147.4 per cent increase from the same period a year before. His pay last year was made up of £500,000 in base salary and a £150,000 bonus, representing half the amount he was entitled to. Very often the cost of the shares, representing the amount subscribed on the incorporation of the company, is very low. In the final years of the 1980s the deficits amounted to €3.5 billion, representing a huge 13 per cent slice of what was then a much smaller national cake. The amount represents the largest source of money, outweighing contributions from labor unions and political parties. The final figure will also represent a 21 per cent decline on the number of new jobs created last year. Compared to the annual value, this drop represents an 11.5 percent reduction in regressivity. This represents some 40 percent of the overall annual production. So, this represents the amount of money that would be left over if a company were to sell all of its assets at fair market value and then pay off all of liabilities. It must be pointed out that wherever land-value rating applies, it has been adopted by a poll of ratepayers representing a great amount of work and profound social concern. Finally, inventory represents the amount of materials currently available for production. In breach of this undertaking, the company executed an absolute assignment to another creditor of amounts represented by certain bills of exchange. If they do, then this amount would represent a lowerbound estimate for the true level of economic benefits. Williamson suggests that assets with a high amount of specificity represent sunken costs that have little value outside a particular exchange relationship. This figure represented a 5 per cent increase on the same figure in 1999. The certainty equivalent represents the amount of money a producer would accept to avoid the risk present in a particular revenue scenario. Synonyms constitute, be, amount to, mean, be regarded as 2.1 Be a specimen or example of; typify. （作为典型）代表 twenty parents, picked to represent a cross section of rural life 被选作代表苏格兰人生活典型的20位家长。 Example sentencesExamples Indeed, Bizet's Carmen represents a prime example of the continued European fascination with oriental Spain. Lucrecia Martel, Paula Hernandez, Vanessa Ragone and Julia Solomonoff represent the clearest example of a new generation that is changing the face of cinema. Tears of the Sun is not a great movie, but it is satisfying, and represents an example of accomplished film-making. Conductus texts are in Latin and represent some of the best examples of new poetry of the time. Nonvoting young people represent one of the largest swing-voter blocs out there, and we better get more effective at how we target them. By opening their ranks to blue-collar workers and intellectuals alike Welsh choruses collectively represent a cross-section of the Welsh population. ‘Pop Art’ was the dominating art movement, represented by artists like Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. While in Thailand they might decide to take a tour of Bangkok city and Temple, which includes three of the most unusual Buddhist temples in Bangkok representing the finest examples of Thai architecture. They represent a cross-section of the best in their field. The above represents an excellent example of a market economy. Synonyms be a typical sample of, be representative of, typify, stand for 2.2be represented (of a group or type of person or thing) be present or found in something, especially to a particular degree. （尤指在某种程度上作为某类人或物的代表）存在于；反映在…中 abstraction is well represented in this exhibition 在这个展览中，抽象艺术得到很好反映。 Example sentencesExamples He argued that these policies were of dubious benefit in terms of economic development and represented to some degree an unsanctioned redistribution of wealth. NYO alumni are represented in all 21 principal Canadian orchestras. While these women may be excluded and discarded from the present, this present is also represented as something that doesn't offer much worth claiming. After Pearl Harbor, the vitriol against people of Japanese descent is represented in propaganda posters urging national unity through xenophobia. He is now free to wander and interact with less restraint, and, as such, his presence is represented with greater frequency. Likewise, child readers of the biographies were implicitly encouraged to identify their present with the past represented in the narratives they read. Abuela Celia presents herself in the form of a narrative, represented as she is in the stories she tells about her life. 3Depict (a particular subject) in a picture or other work of art. 描绘，描述，描写 santos are small wooden figures representing saints 圣徒木雕像是描绘圣人的小型木头人像。 Example sentencesExamples Above all else, Zervos focused on the formal qualities of Miro's collages, giving little importance to subjects represented in the artist's chosen materials. Mayan examples are identified by glyphs and attributes, and are understood to represent specific subjects. Courbet earthily depicts the digging of the grave; Manet represents a cortège, not necessarily meant to be seen in the context of the cemetery, but en route. Such a rethinking would not necessarily reject outright the possibility that such images represent their subjects through physiognomic likeness. The back-and-front subjects represent the beginning and end of Christ's earthly mission, and they bracket key events in the lives of St Catherine and St Ambrose on the lateral walls. As a result, a well-trained artist does not need a life model or a preparatory sketch to represent a particular subject. Fine art represents the good things in life, while charitable causes are all about doing good. And the prints represent Abstract Expressionism's entire stylistic range, from fast and visceral to cool and ethereal. Here is a work of art in which style and function are closely linked, since the statue represented Dudu for all time and thus needed to convey durability. The Old Masters owed their designation not only to superlative technique but also to their ability to represent the right subject. In some cases twin figures appeared with the owner, but a larger context for the subject was not represented. Goya's painting represents the most dramatic scene in which Don Juan arrives at Don Gonzalo's tomb in a fierce thunderstorm. When Rubens represented a great classical myth, his mind's eye saw a dynamic moment captured, with no part of the canvas wasted. Ivories representing religious themes or commemorating individuals, especially imperial figures, were one high-cost, highly prestigious form of art. His bas-reliefs are found throughout Benin, in restaurants, and hotels, representing diverse subjects ranging from royal motifs to Vodun symbols. The two panels appear joined at the hip, although they represent views of the subject as seen from opposite sides. In addition to representing an ideal male figure as a movable effigy, Kouros exemplifies a tendency in Noguchi's work of the early 1940s to represent the process of transformation itself. Female saints were also represented as visionaries, martyrs, and reformers. A triptych representing shallow boxes glowing orange and located high in a blue field, it evokes both birth and entombment. This was an unusual project for Rembrandt in that he rarely illustrated books and rarely represented this kind of mystical, visionary subject matter. Synonyms depict, portray, render, picture, delineate, show, illustrate, characterize, paint, draw, sketch 3.1with object and adverbial or infinitive Describe or depict (someone or something) as being of a certain nature; portray in a particular way. 把…描述成，把…描写成 the young were consistently represented as being in need of protection 年轻人一贯被描述为需要保护。 Example sentencesExamples Unmistakably, too, this description represents an aspect of his own aspiration. Hermetic poetry was a poetry that sought, not to describe or represent, but to evoke. Aspirations best represent the dreams of young women, while expectations reflect a realistic view of the world. ‘With their gift of intelligence and heart they [young people] represent the future of the world,’ he said. Synonyms describe as, present as, profess to be, purport to be, claim to be, set oneself up as, pass oneself off as, pose as, pretend to be, masquerade as 3.2 (of a sign or symbol) have a particular signification; stand for. （符号或象征）代表，表示 the numbers 1–10 represent the letters A–J Example sentencesExamples However, three-dimensional figurative depictions soon predominated, with painted pictograms representing symbols, mottos, and accomplishments of kings. When teachers describe for a student the actions that take place in a particular movement, the words they use are symbols representing a more abstract concept. All throughout the menus, you'll see spinning 3D symbols representing your selected option - you'll even see tires spinning in the car configuration option that carry the assigned tread. In cartoons and drawings an alcoholic beverage is represented by an XXX sign, but for a reason. In example 50 the numerals representing the scale-degrees are misplaced, and example 20 ends just before the crucial chord mentioned in the text. Names may be represented by the letters of the alphabet: thus A, B, &c., may stand for any names we are considering, simple or complex. Her photo exhibit ‘Voices of Women’ celebrates as beautiful a wide variety of images representing women and the feminine. The term was first used in a French treatise on dance by Raoul-Auger Feuillet and Pierre Beauchamp to denote graphic symbols representing the movement of the feet. Synonyms stand for, correspond to 3.3 Be a symbol or embodiment of (a particular quality or thing) 象征，体现 the three heads of Cerberus represent the past, present, and future 刻尔柏洛斯的三个头分别象征着过去、现在和将来。 Example sentencesExamples Once at their table, Agee describes the colors and the tastes, textures, and odors of the food, claiming that these things represent the physical embodiment of home. Satimbe masks represents the women ancestors who, according to legend, first discover the role of the masks in escorting the spirits of the dead onto the path to the afterlife. Eliot represents the Jew in Daniel Deronda as a dichotomous figure, adapted from conventional stereotypes circulating in her culture. The mukanda initiation or boys requires the guidance of a spirit representing an ideal woman. The faces probably represent the Yoruba god Eshu, who mediates the human and spirit worlds and plays a prominent role in the divination process. The painting represents symbolically the relationship of papal patronage of artists and its difficulties. The sculpture represents freedom and depicts a human figure in four stages breaking free from a wall. Premised upon this is capital's fetishistic claim to represent the embodiment of individual freedom and to be a social order that suspends class conflict. Yet this could represent the Ghost's embodiment of the disciples' moment of doubt and fear, rather than the atheism of modern generations. The voice-over could represent the subject's thoughts, alternately addressing the viewer or forecasting a future characterized by the things it will lack. They also represent one artist's vision and interpretation of something that must have seemed distinctly exciting and foreign. The law represents an embodiment of a society's values and legal frameworks are becoming increasingly important to the study of marketing. The workmen trudging among the rubble and girders in a corner of the site earmarked for expansion go about their business under the silent gaze of two giant faces that represent Ealing past and present. Simple signifiers like ‘milk and cookies,’ for example, represent cozy domesticity or traditional motherliness. Thus, this film represents women without prospects for ownership under a patriarchal system, as hysterical and dangerous vessels. The images represent the spirits of people of African descent who died in the Middle Passage or later in the Americas. There has been a feeling that the outbreak of democracy represented a Latin American ‘spring’, with the countries now becoming accustomed to democracy and smooth handovers of power. Lamps usually represent the sun and the moon, or the Creator's gift of light. Van Gogh's work represents the emotional spontaneity in painting. Wikipedia represents a fascinating embodiment of that collective understanding because it is open to contributions from all members of the human collective. Synonyms symbolize, stand for, personify, epitomize, typify, be symbolic of 3.4 Play the part of (someone) in a theatrical production. 扮演 Example sentencesExamples The means of stage expression is also restricted by Yew's choice to employ only five actors to represent the many figures who appear throughout the play. From his personal library of images Paul has used footage shot almost 20 years ago of his daughter Kyra at age 3, representing the role of Nijinsky's own daughter Kyra. 4formal State or point out (something) clearly. 〈正式〉明确讲述，清楚说明 it was represented to him that she would be an unsuitable wife 已经明确告诉过他她不会是一个合适的妻子。 Synonyms point out, state, indicate, present, set forth, put forward 4.1with clause Allege; claim. 声称 the vendors have represented that such information is accurate 商贩们已声称这信息是正确的。 Example sentencesExamples Further, he claims Eircom wrongly represented that the agreed discount was for £85,000. The information contained in this article was obtained from sources believed to be reliable; however, we cannot represent that it is accurate or complete. He further represented that he had the bank's authority to make a direct contract between it and the payee by the use of the cheque card. The company also represented that they had helped it to hedge downside risk. Synonyms claim, maintain, state, say, affirm, allege, contend Origin Late Middle English: from Old French representer or Latin repraesentare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare ‘to present’.
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