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a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for somebody else or for a group of people, or to take the place of somebody else 代表 Our elected representatives in government should be doing something about this. 我们当选的政府代表应该为此做点什么。 Management are obliged to consult with union representatives about changes to conditions. 资方有义务就变更条件征求工会代表的意见 。 The actor's legal representatives have strongly denied the allegations. 这位演员的法律代表强烈否认了这些指控。 He was the Queen's representative at the ceremony. 他代表女王出席了庆典。 - representative of somebody/something
a representative of the UN 联合国代表 - representative from something
The committee includes representatives from industry. 这个委员会包括产业界的代表。
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2, Politicsb2, Businessb2We met with representatives from various technology companies. 我们会见了各种技术公司的代表。 I was the sole representative of the committee. 我是该委员会的唯一代表。 The association is sending representatives to the conference. 协会将派代表出席大会。 The country has a new supreme representative body. 该国新成立了一个最高代表机构。 The negotiations were attended by representatives of several states. 来自几个国家的代表出席了谈判。 They have recalled their representatives from the negotiations. 他们已经召回了谈判代表。 a nursing representative on the infection control committee 传染病控制委员会中护理方面的代表 a panel of media representatives 媒体代表组成的小组 representatives from citizens' groups 市民团体的代表 the Algerian permanent representative at the UN 阿尔及利亚常驻联合国代表 the UN special representative for Cyprus 联合国塞浦路斯问题特别代表 I was voted student representative for my class. 我当选为班级学生代表。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- leading
- main
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- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- choose (somebody as)
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- attend something
- vote
- body
- representative for
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a person who works for a company and travels around selling its products 销售代表；销售代理；代销人 Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2, Businessb2a representative for international shipping companies 国际船运公司代表 his success as a full-time financial representative 他作为专职金融代表取得的成功 He works as a sales representative for an insurance company. 他担任一家保险公司的销售代表。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- leading
- main
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- choose (somebody as)
- …
- attend something
- vote
- body
- representative for
- representative from
- representative of
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a person who is typical of a particular group 典型人物；代表性人物 - Representative(abbreviation Rep.)
(in the US) a member of the House of Representatives, the Lower House of Congress; a member of the House of Representatives in the lower house of a state parliament （美国）众议院议员
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French representatif, -ive or medieval Latin repraesentativus, from the verb repraesentare ‘exhibit’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare ‘to present’.