represent | 有声的英文单词详解

represent

初中高中 CET4 CET6 考研

英 [ˌreprɪˈzent]  美 [ˌreprɪˈzent]

例句

Sometimes it’s hard tolet go. For many British people, that can apply to institutions and objectsthat represent their country’s past—age-old castles, splendid homes… and red phone boxes.

有时很难放手。对于许多英国人来说，古老的城堡、华丽的住宅以及红色的电话亭等这些代表了他们国家的过去。

——2020年高考江苏卷英语

Wecannot say how much these decisions affected their respectivepathstowards success, but they do represent many of the difficult choices that may lay ahead.

我们不能说这些决定在多大程度上影响了他们各自的成功之路，但它们确实意味着许多可能摆在面前的艰难选择。

——21-22学年《英语周报·高二阅读综合版》第5期

Humans are increasingtheir consumption of wild mushrooms, a trend that deserves both examination andcelebration as wild mushrooms not only represent a nutrient-rich food source, but also a connection to forests and ancestraltraditions.

人类对野生蘑菇的消费正逐渐增加，这一趋势即需要审视又值得庆贺。因为，野生蘑菇不仅是一种营养丰富的食物来源，而且也代表着森林与祖先传统的联系。

——21-22学年《英语周报·高三阅读综合版》第28期

基本释义

[verb]

to be a member of a group of peopleand act or speak for them at an event, a meeting, etc.

[动词]

代表

派生词

representative

noun. 代表；代理人

adj.典型的，有代表性的

同/近义词

symbolize:to be a symbol of something

语篇用例

The developers wanted this areato represent nature, so they foundinspiration from Shanghai’s rich landscape and forests.

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