| 单词 | representative |
| 释义 | representative (reprɪzentətɪv ) Word forms: representatives 1. countable noun B2 A representative is a person who has been chosen to act or make decisions on behalf of another person or a group of people. ...trade union representatives. Employees from each department elect a representative. Synonyms: delegate, member, agent, deputy 2. countable noun A representative is a person whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially by travelling round and visiting other companies. [formal] She had a stressful job as a sales representative. Synonyms: agent, salesperson, rep, traveller 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A representative group consists of a small number of people who have been chosen to make decisions on behalf of a larger group. The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council. ...the institutions of a representative government. 4. adjective Someone who is typical of the group to which they belong can be described as representative. He was in no way representative of dog-trainers in general. [+ of] ...fairly representative groups of adults. Synonyms: typical, characteristic, archetypal, exemplary representativeness uncountable noun ...a process designed to ensure the representativeness of the sample interviewed. [+ of] 5. countable noun In the United States, a Representative is a member of the House of Representatives, the less powerful of the two parts of Congress. 6. See also House of Representatives Collocations: representative body University leaders have stayed silent; worse, their representative body has actually supported the proposal. Times, Sunday Times Presidential elections are to be held before parliamentary ones, giving a new leader vast influence over the representative body. Times, Sunday Times It would certainly not be a representative body. The Times Literary Supplement Until now, under transitional arrangements, the representative body has operated in shadow mode. Times, Sunday Times So did angling's new representative body. Times, Sunday Times Researchers surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,665 adults. Times,Sunday Times Casting the net more widely means a more representative sample of the population, including those with the virus but no symptoms. Times,Sunday Times The report's findings are not based on a representative sample, do not compare independent sector hospitals with publicly owned hospitals and risk alarming patients unnecessarily. Times, Sunday Times The inspectorate looked at 13 police forces and audited a sample of reports of crime to produce a nationally representative sample of 5,500 reported crimes. Times, Sunday Times That increases the chance of a representative sample rather than having a person select one sure-fire spellbinder. Christianity Today She chooses a representative selection of the fallacious, the feeble and the woolly minded on both sides of the argument. The Times Literary Supplement A small but representative selection of some 40 of these letters will now go on show. Times, Sunday Times It includes a representative selection of the detailed evidence in four of the original fourteen provincial chapters and key policy and analytical chapters. The Times Literary Supplement The school superintendent announced that the candidates are scheduled to open the school representative selection kiosk. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her study was mainly based on photographs taken of a total of 50 cemeteries and tombs; the book includes a representative selection of 112 photographs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You're a senior representative of a public company. Times, Sunday Times He got a few caps for the under-23 team, but his great talent made him eligible to be a senior representative. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Labour's most senior representatives at tomorrow's march for a second referendum are likely to be two backbenchers. Times, Sunday Times Police forces do not have the resources or powers to enforce facemask use in shops, senior representatives said yesterday, as ministers refused to rule out requiring them in offices next. Times,Sunday Times Membership of the new task force will be by invitation and will include up to ten senior representatives of multinational companies, although none were named yesterday. Times, Sunday Times He was the country's sole representative in 2008, entering the same event, but this time failed to advance past the heats. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Warner was his country's sole representative. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These two limitations prevent universal security groups from completely replacing global security groups as the sole representatives of an enterprise's business roles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After living new experiences, the world of programming sends a special representative to rescue them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They will have a special representative appointed to carry out the litigation and the company will pay the costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its senate or municipal chamber maintained direct communications with the king and paid a special representative to attend to its interests at court. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On these days the flag must be raised at official buildings, and those under the supervision of officials and special representatives of the state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Parliament also did not secure a say over the appointment of delegation heads and special representatives for foreign policy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has represented the country's trade interests for years, previously serving as its vicecommerce minister and international trade representative. Times, Sunday Times He promises to fight the protectionists but then nominates a trade representative to crack down on unfair trading partners and tighten trade agreements. Times, Sunday Times They act as trade representatives when they go abroad. Times, Sunday Times Members represent numerous fields including: professional photographers, writers, historians, publishers, trade representatives, pilots and serious enthusiasts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Is the priority a successful or truly representative team? Times, Sunday Times He added that both universities still had 'a long way to go' before they were truly representative. Times, Sunday Times No patronage, a truly representative chamber and every penny raised by voluntary means. Times, Sunday Times Do they want to be represented by players with little or no affinity to the county or do they want a team who are truly representative of their county? Times, Sunday Times Those polled were volunteers rather than a truly representative cross section. Times, Sunday Times They were repelled by riot police officers using tear gas in scenes that were described by a police union representative as ' urban guerrilla warfare'. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The employer has no duty to bargain with any union representative during the interview. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions G was told that he could be accompanied by a union representative or work colleague at the disciplinary hearing but could not be represented by solicitors. Times, Sunday Times (2011) If a filing clerk was hit on the head by a stapler thrown by his office manager, his union representative would probably be apoplectic. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Translations: Chinese: 代表的, 代表 Japanese: 代表する, 代表者 |
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