representative

英 [repr?'zent?t?v] 美['r?pr?'z?nt?t?v]

CET4TEM4考研CET6中高頻詞TOEFL常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?representatives;比較級(jí):?more representative;最高級(jí):?most representative;

representative 代表的，典型的，代表

來(lái)自 represent,呈現(xiàn)，代表，描繪。

representative (adj.): "serving to represent," late 14c., from Old French representatif (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin repraesentativus, from stem of Latin repraesentare (see represent). Meaning "standing for others" is from 1620s; in the political sense of "holding the place of the people in the government, having citizens represented by chosen persons" is first recorded 1620s. Meaning "pertaining to or founded on representation of the people" is from 1640s.
representative (n.): 1640s, "example, type," from representative (adj.); 1690s in sense of "member of a legislative body."

1. Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy.: 貝克教授并不熟悉“代議制民主”這一思想。

2. Voters are interested in the representative's ability to bring home the bacon.: 選民感興趣的是代表能否兌現(xiàn)承諾。

3. "The community are getting impatient," said a representative of the Residents' Association.: “社區(qū)居民開(kāi)始不耐煩了，”居民協(xié)會(huì)的一位代表說(shuō)。

5. The legal profession is starting to be less elitist and more representative.: 法律行業(yè)正開(kāi)始變得更具平民性，不像從前那么精英化。