Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1470
Fully loadedrepresentative
代表；代理人
A person chosen or appointed to act or speak for others.
- 1.
A delegate.
代表；代理人。
- 2.
a person who represents others
代表他人的人
- 3.
Something standing for something else.
代表物；象征物。
- 4.
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
代表他人政策或目的的倡导者
- 5.
a member of the United States House of Representatives
美国众议院议员
代表物；典型；（美国）众议院议员；代表；代理人。；代表他人的人；代表物；象征物。
In use
The customer service representative helped me resolve the issue with my account.
Our company sent a representative to the trade fair to showcase new products.
The student representative raised concerns about the exam schedule during the meeting.
a representative of
表示某团体或组织的代表。
She is a representative of the student council.
她是学生会的代表。
a representative for
强调代表某公司或机构。
He works as a representative for a tech company.
他是一家科技公司的代表。
serve as a representative
指担任代表职务。
Connections
Collocations
- elected representative
- 当选代表
- The elected representative promised to fight for better healthcare.这位当选代表承诺为改善医疗保健而奋斗。
- sales representative
- 销售代表
- Our sales representative will visit you tomorrow.我们的销售代表明天将拜访您。
- legal representative
- 法定代理人
- He appointed his lawyer as his legal representative.他指定他的律师为法定代理人。
- customer service representative
- 客户服务代表
- I spoke with a customer service representative about the issue.我就这个问题与客户服务代表进行了交谈。
- representative of the people
- 人民代表
- As a representative of the people, she listens to their concerns.作为人民代表，她倾听他们的关切。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
代表（representative）就是再次（re-）呈现（present）你的观点的人。
Context & Register
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Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words fully rhyme with 'representative' due to its specific stress pattern (on the '-zent-' syllable). Words like 'conservative', 'alternative', etc. share the '-ative' ending but have different stress and vowel sounds, so they are not true rhymes.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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