词组 | representative |
释义 | noun | adjective representative1 /ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv◂/ noun someone who has been chosen to speak, vote, or make decisions for someone elseadjectivesan official representative Official representatives of the Catholic Church attended the meeting.an elected representative The school council is made up of elected representatives.a legal representative A legal representative for the company has advised against the action.a senior representative The president met with senior representatives of the company.a local/regional representative She is the local representative of Ice Hockey UK.a special representative Jones was appointed as the UN’s special representative in the area.an authorized representative (=one who has official permission) The drugs must be collected by the patient or an authorized representative.a personal representative The president sent his personal representative.verbselect a representative They voted to elect a representative.appoint a representative (=give someone the job of being a representative) He appointed a legal representative.send a representative Most European countries sent representatives to the meeting.nouns + representativea sales representative Alex is a sales representative for an insurance company.a union representative Union representatives claim that jobs will be lost.a company representative Company representatives denied that the company was responsible for the accident.prepositionsa representative of sth Representatives of EU governments met in Brussels.a representative for sb/sth She became a union representative for the school.a representative from sth The committee is made up of representatives from each region. noun | adjective representative2 adjective typical of a kind of person or thingadverbstruly/genuinely representative The country has the opportunity to create for itself a truly representative form of government.highly representative (=very representative) These paintings are highly representative of the artist’s style.broadly representative (=of most people or things in a group) Ideally, members of parliament should be broadly representative of the whole of British society.statistically representative The group of people surveyed is not statistically representative of the total population.nounsa representative sample/selection A representative sample of people living in New York were asked for their opinions.a representative cross-section (=a group of people or things that is typical of a much larger group) A representative cross-section of the student population took part in the survey.a representative view Is the sample large enough to provide a representative view of consumer opinion as a whole?a representative example Please send your CV and some representative examples of your work.prepositionsbe representative of sb/sth This latest incident is representative of a wider trend. |
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