a person who is chosen or elected to represent the views of a group of people and vote and make decisions for them 代表;会议代表 Congress delegates rejected the proposals. 国会代表拒绝了这些提议。
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc1The delegates voted to support the resolution. 代表们投票支持这项决议。 a delegate from the local Labour party 当地工党的代表 the British delegate to the United Nations 英国驻联合国代表
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- conference
- congress
- convention
- …
- choose
- elect
- select
- …
- attend (something)
- approve
- vote (on something)
- …
- delegate from
- delegate to
a person who attends a conference 参会人员;会议出席者 The conference was attended by delegates from 56 countries. 此次会议有来自 56 个国家的代表出席。 They decided not to send a delegate to the conference. 他们决定不派代表参加会议。
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission’, from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down’ + legare ‘depute’.