act or speak officially for another person or group of people; be present as an example of that group
Verb:
take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to;Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin
express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
be representative or typical for;This period is represented by Beethoven
be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute;I represent the silent majority
serve as a means of expressing something;The flower represents a young girl
be characteristic of;This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
form or compose;This money is my only income
The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance
These constitute my entire belonging
The children made up the chorus
This sum represents my entire income for a year
These few men comprise his entire army
be the defense counsel for someone in a trial;Ms. Smith will represent the defendant
create an image or likeness of;The painter represented his wife as a young girl
play a role or part;Gielgud played Hamlet
She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role
She played the servant to her husband's master
perform a play, especially on a stage;we are going to stage `Othello'
describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality;He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel
point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance;our parents represented to us the need for more caution
bring forward and present to the mind;We presented the arguments to him
We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason
to establish a mapping of mathematical elements or setsdescribe，represent，sketch，picture这些动词均有“描写、描述”之意。
describe侧重指描述细节，给读者或听众提供清晰的视觉图像。
represent指有代表性或象征性地描述或讲述。
sketch指快速地勾勒或概略地叙述。
picture着重能够栩栩如生地把事物或场景等描绘出来。
mean，imply，indicate，represent，denote，signify，suggest这些动词均含有“表示……的意思”之意。
mean最普通用词，指文字或符号等所表示的各种明确的或含蓄的意义。
imply侧重用文字或符号表示的联想，暗示。
indicate指明显的表示。
represent指体现或代表。
denote指某一词字面或狭义的意思，或指某些符号或迹象的特指含义。
signify指用文字、说话或表情等表示单纯的意思。
suggest通常指暗含地、隐晦地表达意思。
14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的representer；最初源自拉丁语的reprsentare：re 强调） +prsentare (呈现，表达），意为表达，说明。
用作动词 (v.
～+名词represent an animal扮演一个动物represent one's ideas表述意见represent many countries代表许多国家represent Napoleon扮演拿破仑represent the scene of a bumper harvest描绘了丰收的景象represent one's school代表学校represent the unknown表示未知数～+副词represent accurately准确地表达represent aesthetically审美地描绘represent appropriately适当地描绘represent briefly简短地描绘represent clearly清楚地描绘represent conventionally按常规代表represent deftly熟练地描绘represent exactly〔precisely〕确切地描绘represent faithfully忠诚地代表represent graphically形象地描绘represent inadequately表达得不充分represent magnificently壮丽地代表represent materially实质代表represent minutely仔细地描绘represent officially正式代表represent orally口头代表represent personally亲自代表represent powerfully有力地描绘represent realistically用写实手法描绘represent roughly粗略地描绘represent speciously特别地描绘～+介词represent sb as把…说成…represent as a hero说成是个英雄represent as true patriots说成是真正的爱国者represent oneself as an expert自称是专家represent at a meeting出席会议represent by letters用字母表示represent by signs用记号表示represent sth to对…来说等于represent sth to oneself心中想象到某物
近义词 be有for为play玩map地图act行为show证明paint油漆stand站立stage舞台imply暗示denote表示reveal显示depict描述sketch速写defend防守mean意思是signify表示act for代理display显示present礼物express快车portray描写exhibit展览picture照片lay out设计make up弥补suggest建议describe描述disclose揭露manifest显示indicate指示comprise构成symbolize象征stand for代表exemplify例证enact制定法律interpret口译symbolise象征embody使具体化epitomize 摘要illustrate说明correspond符合constitute构成demonstrate证明specify详细说明speak for替 … 讲话correspond to相应于characterize表示 … 的典型…typify作为某人或某物的典型…
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.He will represent his school at the meeting.他将代表学校出席会议。
Let me try to represent my ideas to you in another way.让我用另一种方式来向你表述我的意见。
The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
He represented Napoleon in the school play.在学校的演出中他扮演了拿破仑。
Each child will represent an animal at the party.每个儿童在联欢会中扮演一个动物。
All these artists are well represented at the exhibition.所有这些画家都有代表作参展。
How many countries are represented at the meeting?有多少国家的代表出席了那次会议?
Our firm is represented in India and Pakistan by Mr. Hall.本商号在印度和巴基斯坦的代表是霍尔先生。S+～+that-clauseHe represented that he had fought in the Huai Hai Campaign.他自称他参加过淮海战役。
The pilots respectfully represented that they were not at all tired.飞行员郑重表示他们一点也不累。
用作双宾动词
represent to sb sthI'll represent to him the risk he is running.我要向他指出他所面临的险境。represent sth to sbI can only represent it to you by metaphors.我只能用隐喻来向你描述它。
用作宾补动词
S+～+ n./pron. +as/to be n.He represented himself as an expert.他声称自己是一位专家。
He represented himself as a friend to the workers, but now we know the truth.他自称是工人们的朋友,但现在我们知道真相了。
He represented himself to be the Son of God.他自称是救世主。
I am not what they had represented me to be.我并不是像他们所说的那种人。
They were represented as true patriots in the film.在影片中他们被描写成真正的爱国者。
v.动词
represent的基本意思是“代表”,多指受委托代表某人、组织、机构、国家等办理某事。引申可指“象征”“体现”“表示”“描绘”“声称”“扮演”等。
represent既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词、that从句作宾语；也可接双宾语，其间接宾语须由介词to引出。represent还可接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
注意represent与delegate的意思区别：represent指“代表某人”。delegate指“委派某人”。He represented me at the meeting.他代表我在会议上。
He delegated me to the meeting.他派我代表他去会议。represent有做“说明，阐明”的意思。
He represented her to be an actress.三句的意思相同，均表达“他说她是个女演员”的意思。present sb with sth指“将某物赠送某人”。
动词99%,名词1%
用作及物动词Monsters in dreams oftenrepresentfears.怪物在梦里经常表现为恐惧。
Bothrepresentthe triumph of passion over reason.两者都表现出理智之外的激情。
Dotted arrowsrepresentflow of information.虚矢线表示信息流程。
You mustrepresentyour complaints to Head Office.你必须向总部表示出你的抱怨。
The carvingsrepresenta hunting scene.这些雕刻作品描绘了一幅狩猎的场面。
These picturesrepresentJapanese landscapes at all seasons of the year.这些画描绘日本一年四季的风景。
The red lines on the maprepresentrailways.这张地图上的红线代表铁路。
Theyrepresenteach society stratum.他们代表各个社会阶层。
Noodles should be uncut, as theyrepresentlong life.面条必须是整条不切断的，象征长命百岁。
These beautiful green stonesrepresentlove and success.这些美丽的绿宝石象征爱和成功。
Let merepresentmy ideas to you in another way.让我用另一种方式向你说明我的想法。
I willrepresentto him the risks he is running.我将向他说明他所冒的危险。adj.depicted
同义词 characterized,defined,described,expressed,pictureddelineated,drawn,illustrated,interpreted,mirrored,personified,portrayed,revealed,sketched,symbolizedadj.presented
同义词 displayedenacted,exhibited,rendered,shown
renderedadjective interpreted
delivered,demonstrated,depicted,enacted,executed,performed,played,presented,translated A sphere cannot be represented on a flat plane without distortion, which means all map projections distort in one way or another.
球体在平面上不进行扭曲就无法表现出来，这意味着所有制图方式都会以某种方式出现扭曲。 ecocn
And the flux in the Boltzmann Equation is represented as, and I will not repeat it every time, location, energy, direction and time.
在波尔兹曼方程方程的流量是,表现的是，我不会每次都重复一遍，位置，能量，方向，时间。163
In scorn of that audience, he imagines another audience, another audience to write for and to emulate, an audience represented by the fisherman.
讽刺这个观众，他想象着另一个观众，可以为之写作，做榜样的观众，渔夫代表了这个观众。163
In the following section, I will discuss several aspects of the implementation of this use case as a user represented by a client application interacting with a remote system.
在下面的部分中，我将讨论当用户由客户端应用程序代表与远程系统交互时，这个用例的实现的几个方面。 ibm