representative

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A representative is a person who has been chosen to act or make decisions on behalf of another person or a group of people. 代表; 代理人
...trade union representatives. …工會(huì)代表們。
2. N-COUNT A representative is a person whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially by travelling around and visiting other companies. 銷售代理[正式]
She had a stressful job as a sales representative. 作爲(wèi)一名銷售代理，她的工作壓力很大。
3. N-COUNT In the United States, a representative is a member of the House of Representatives, the less powerful of the two parts of Congress. 衆(zhòng)議院議員
...a Republican representative from Wyoming. …一位來(lái)自懷俄明州的共和黨衆(zhòng)議員。
4. ADJ A representative group consists of a small number of people who have been chosen to make decisions on behalf of a larger group. 代表制的; 代議制的[ADJ n]
The new head of state should be chosen by an 87-member representative council. 新的國(guó)家元首應(yīng)該由87人組成的代表委員會(huì)選出。
5. ADJ Someone who is typical of the group to which they belong can be described as representative. 有代表性的
He was in no way representative of dog trainers in general. 他絕不能代表大多數(shù)的馴狗師。
6. →see alsoHouse of Representatives

A representative from the tour company will meet you at the check-in .
He visited China in his official capacity as America's trade representative.
We have representatives operating in most countries .
In order to increase the number of female representatives, the selection committee decided to discriminate in favour of women for three years .
We elected him as our representative.