representative
英 [reprɪ'zentətɪv]
美 ['rɛprɪ'zɛntətɪv]
- adj. 典型的，有代表性的；代議製的
- n. 代表；典型；眾議員
中文詞源
representative 代表的，典型的，代表來自 represent,呈現，代表，描繪。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy.
- 貝克教授並不熟悉“代議製民主”這一思想。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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承諾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. "The community are getting impatient," said a representative of the Residents' Association.
- “社區居民開始不耐煩了，”居民協會的一位代表說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She had a stressful job as a sales representative.
- 作為一名銷售代表，她的工作壓力很大。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The legal profession is starting to be less elitist and more representative.
- 法律行業正開始變得更具平民性，不像從前那麽精英化。
來自柯林斯例句