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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   representative

   • IPA[ˌreprəˈzen(t)ədiv]

   美式

   • adj.
     typical of a class, group, or body of opinion；containing typical examples of many or all types
   • n.
     a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others；a person chosen or elected to speak and act on behalf of others in a legislative assembly or deliberative body

   • noun: representative, plural noun: representatives

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. typical of a class, group, or body of opinion these courses are representative of those taken by most Harvard undergraduates 同義詞 typical, prototypical, characteristic, illustrative, indicative, ... 更多archetypal, paradigmatic, exemplary反義詞 atypical, unrepresentative
   • ▪ containing typical examples of many or all types a representative sample of young people in the South
   • 2. (of a legislative or deliberative assembly) consisting of people chosen to act and speak on behalf of a wider group the new government lacked a representative assembly
   • ▪ (of a government or political system) based on elected representatives free elections and representative democracy 同義詞 elected, elective, chosen, democratic, popular, ... 更多nominated, appointed, commissioned, delegated, authorized, accredited, official反義詞 totalitarian
   • 3. serving as a portrayal or symbol of something the show should be more representative of how women really are 同義詞 symbolic, emblematic, evocative
   • ▪ (of art) representational the bust involves a high degree of representative abstraction
   • 4. relating to mental representation.

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others the Duke of Gloucester would attend the coronation as the representative of his father, King George V 同義詞 spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman, agent, officer, ... 更多official, mouthpiece, frontman, public relations officer, PRO
   • ▪ a person chosen or elected to speak and act on behalf of others in a legislative assembly or deliberative body the District of Columbia's representative in Congress the Cambodian representative to the UN 同義詞 Member of Parliament, MP, Member, councilor, Member of Congress, ... 更多congressman, congresswoman, senator
   • ▪ a delegate who attends a conference, negotiations, legal hearing, etc., so as to represent the interests of another person or group a PLO representative attending a meeting in Damascus 同義詞 delegate, commissioner, ambassador, attaché, envoy, ... 更多emissary, chargé, chargé d'affaires, commissary, deputy, aide, depute, agent general, nuncio, archaiclegate, factor
   • ▪ an agent of a firm who travels to potential clients to sell its products a sales representative for Norwich Union 同義詞 commercial traveler, traveling salesman, salesman, saleswoman, agent, ... 更多traveler, informalrep, knight of the road, drummer, archaiccommercial
   • ▪ an employee of a travel company who looks after the needs of its vacationing clients make your own way to the Valley Inn, where you will be contacted by our tour representative
   • 2. an example of a class or group fossil representatives of lampreys and hagfishes 同義詞 example, specimen, exemplar, exemplification, type, ... 更多archetype, illustration