| 单词 | representative |
| 释义 | representative adj. & n. --adj 1. typical of a class or category. 2. containing typical specimens of all or many classes (a representative sample). 3. a consisting of elected deputies etc. b based on the representation of a nation etc. by such deputies (representative government). 4. (foll. by of) serving as a portrayal or symbol of (representative of their attitude to work). 5. that presents or can present ideas to the mind (imagination is a representative faculty). --n 1. (foll. by of) a sample, specimen, or typical embodiment or analogue of. 2. a the agent of a person or society. b a commercial traveller. 3. a delegate; a substitute. 4. a deputy in a representative assembly. 5. (of art) representational. Derivatives representatively adv. representativeness n. Etymology: ME f. OF representatif -ive or med.L repraesentativus (as REPRESENT) |
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