英语词汇“represent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	represent
释义	rep·re·sent \\|reprə̇\|zent, -prē\|z-, in rapid speech often ÷ -pə\|z, chiefly in substand speech -pər\|z-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English representen, from Middle French representer, from Latin repraesentare, from re- + praesentare to present — more at present *transitive verb* 1. : to bring clearly before the mind : cause to be known, felt, or apprehended : present especially by description 2. : to serve as a sign or symbol of 3. : to portray by pictorial, plastic, or musical art : delineate, depict 4. archaic : to make manifest : display, exhibit, show 5. : to exhibit by delineation, depiction, or portrayal — used especially of a work of art 6. : to present by means of something standing in the place of : serve as the counterpart or image of : typify 7. : to exhibit dramatically: a. : to produce on the stage b. : to act the part or role of : personate in acting or on the stage 8. a. : to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share of : take the place of in some respect : fill the place of for some purpose : substitute in some capacity for : act the part of, in the place of, or for (as another person) usually by legal right b. : to serve (as in a legislative body) by delegated or deputed authority usually resulting from election < the state was represented in Congress by two Republicans > 9. : to describe as having a specified character or quality 10. : to set forth or place before someone (as by statement, account, or discourse) : exhibit (a fact) to another mind in language : give one's own impressions and judgment of : state with advocacy or with the design of affecting action or judgment : point out by way of protest or remonstrance 11. : to serve as a specimen, example, or instance of 12. a. : to form an image or representation of in the mind b. (1) : to apprehend (an object) by means of an idea (2) : to recall in memory (an object of previous experience) 13. : to correspond to in kind *intransitive verb* : to make representations against something : present objections : protest Synonyms: represent, depict, portray, delineate, picture, and limn can mean to present an image or lifelike imitation of, as in art. represent implies a placing before the mind as if real or as if living, as by a picture, description, or piece of sculpture < the statue represented the great man as even more heroic than he was in fact > < the stage setting represents a hotel lobby > < seemed to think that music could represent physical objects and literary or historical events — New Republic > depict suggests specifically a graphic representation < depicted hill-country scenes in woodcuts and etchings — American Guide Series: Arkansas > < miniature tapestries that depict quaint eighteenth-century scenes — Horace Sutton > < action can tell a story, display all the most vivid relations between men, and depict every kind of human emotion, without the aid of a word — O.W.Holmes †1935 > portray suggests specifically a detailed representation as of a character by means of a portrait < a picture vividly portraying the passion of Joan of Arc > < in literature are portrayed all human passions, desires, and aspirations — C.W.Eliot > delineate, suggesting a line drawing, stresses a care for accuracy of detail and fullness of outline < his brush did its work with a steady and sure stroke that indicated command of his materials. He could delineate whatever he elected with technical skill — Richard Jefferies > < various clinical studies which fairly well delineated the usefulness of this drug — R.R.Tompsett & Walsh McDermott > < those who perform on the screen have to delineate character and to display the emotions — P.W.Tell > picture suggests perhaps more pictorial quality or definiteness of representation < on the walls were pictured buffalo and reindeer > < the writer is a master of vivid illustrations from nature and history, of rhythmical period or terse antithesis, of emotional appeal and concrete picturing of facts — Encyc. Americana > < picture things as they were in the golden thirteenth century — G.G.Coulton > limn is chiefly a literary equivalent of depict or delineate < prosecution limned a somewhat different picture — Newsweek > < his talent for dialogue as a means for limning character — Margaret Hexter > < the life of the community is drawn in detail and the sorrows and sacrifices limned with deep compassion — Mary L. Dunn >
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