| 单词 | representative |
| 释义 | representative —representatively, adv. —representativeness, n. /rep'ri zen"teuh tiv/, n. 1. a person or thing that represents another or others. 2. an agent or deputy: a legal representative. 3. a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, esp. a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures. 4. a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind. adj. 5. serving to represent; representing. 6. standing or acting for another or others. 7. made up of representatives: a representative assembly. 8. of or pertaining to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group: representative government. 9. exemplifying a group or kind; typical: a representative selection of Elizabethan plays. 10. corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality. 11. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of representationalism. 12. pertaining to or of the nature of a mental image or representation. [1350-1400; ME (adj.) < ML repraesentativus, equiv. to repraesentat(us) (see REPRESENTATION) + -ivus -IVE] Syn. 5. symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic. |
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