represent的意思是：vt.表现；表示；描绘；代表；象征；说明；阐明；vi.提出异议。represent形容词:representable；名词:representability；过去式:represented；过去分词:represented；现在分词:representing；第三人称单数:represents。represent的读音是英[?repr?'zent]；美[?repr?'zent]。
一、详尽释义点此查看represent的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.代理，代表（个人或团体）
If someone such as a lawyer or a politicianrepresents a person or group of people, they act on behalf of that person or group.
e.g. ...the politicians we elect torepresent us...
我们选举出来代表我们的政界人士
e.g. The offer has yet to be accepted by the lawyers representing the victims.
受害者的代理律师还没有接受这个提议。
2.代表（个人或团体）出席
If yourepresent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf.
represent的近义词
e.g. The general secretary mayrepresent the president at official ceremonies.
总可以在一些官方仪式上代表。
3.(在竞赛或体育赛事中)代表（国家或地区）
If yourepresent your country or town in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or town where you live.
e.g. My only aim is torepresent Britain at the Olympics.
我唯一的目标是代表英国参加奥运会。
4.使有代表性
If a group of people or thingsis wellrepresented in a particular activity or in a particular place, a lot of them can be found there.
e.g. Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama...
女性在电视剧领域占据了一席之地。
e.g. In New Mexico all kinds of cuisines are represented.
在新墨西哥州， 有各种各样的烹饪方法。
5.相当于，代表着（变化、成就、胜利等）
If you say that somethingrepresents a change, achievement, or victory, you mean that it is a change, achievement, or victory.
e.g. The pieces on view are not grouped around any one theme, but ratherrepresent superb examples from various periods...
展出的作品并非围绕着一个主题，而是不同时期的经典之作。
e.g. These developments represented a major change in the established order.
这些发展代表了现有秩序的重大转变。
6.(标志或符号)意味着，代表着，标志着
If a sign or symbolrepresents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing.
e.g. ...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed torepresent the source of the radiation.
圆圈中心的黑点应该是表示放射源。
7.象征;体现;反映
Torepresent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality.
e.g. We believe yourepresent everything British racing needs.
我们相信你代表了英国赛马所需要的一切。
8.描绘;描写
If yourepresent a person or thingas a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing.
e.g. The popular press tends torepresent him as an environmental guru.
大众媒体往往把他描绘成环保领袖。
三、网络解释
1. 表示：某些单位(unit)只能用这种方式表示(represent). 例如,用m ft表示面积(area)就是异构的,因为某些单位(unit)只能用这种方式表示(represent). 例如,用m ft表示面积(area)就是异构的,因为米(meter)和英尺(foot)这两个基础单位(base unit)都对应同一个量纲(dimension).
四、例句
Monsters in dreams often represent fears.
怪物在梦里经常表现为恐惧。
Both represent the triumph of passion over reason.
两者都表现出理智之外的激情。
Dotted arrows represent flow of information.
虚矢线表示信息流程。
You must represent your complaints to Head Office.
你必须向总部表示出你的抱怨。
The carvings represent a hunting scene.
这些雕刻作品描绘了一幅狩猎的场面。
These pictures represent Japanese landscapes at all seasons of the year.
这些画描绘日本一年四季的风景。
The red lines on the map represent railways.
这张地图上的红线代表铁路。
They represent each society stratum.
他们代表各个社会阶层。
Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.
面条必须是整条不切断的，象征长命百岁。
These beautiful green stones represent love and success.
这些美丽的绿宝石象征爱和成功。
Let me represent my ideas to you in another way.
让我用另一种方式向你说明我的想法。
I will represent to him the risks he is running.
我将向他说明他所冒的危险。
五、常见句型
六、词汇搭配
七、词义辨析
represent的相关近义词
symbolize、characterize、signify、stand for、exemplify、act for、speak for、correspond to、denote、embody、epitomize、describe、display、present、show、reveal、demonstrate、express、illustrate、portray、disclose、depict、exhibit、manifest、picture、enact、paint、specify、play、stand、for、interpret、correspond、symbolise、map、constitute、be、lay out、stage、indicate、imply、make up、sketch、typify、act、defend、suggest、comprise、mean
represent的相关临近词
representation、repository、representee、representor、representant、represent to、represent as、represention、representaion、representable、representstions、represent model