Represent

(verb.) serve as a means of expressing something; 'The flower represents a young girl'.

(verb.) create an image or likeness of; 'The painter represented his wife as a young girl'.

(verb.) be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; 'I represent the silent majority'.

(verb.) be representative or typical for; 'This period is represented by Beethoven'.

(verb.) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; 'Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin'.

(verb.) point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; 'our parents represented to us the need for more caution'.

(verb.) describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; 'He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel'.

手打:梅格

• In this diagram G<1S> and G<2S> represent two generators, each producing current at a potential of 110 volts. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Our conscious thoughts, observations, wishes, aversions are important, because they represent inchoate, nascent activities. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The space between these two points, which represent the temperatures of boiling water and of melting ice, is divided into 180 equal parts called degrees. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Politics, business, recreation, art, science, the learned professions, polite intercourse, leisure, represent such interests. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Particularly significant are the stories that represent him as discouraging extreme mortification. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Neither must they represent slaves, male or female, performing the offices of slaves? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I will represent the official police until their arrival. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• She is represented upon her monuments in masculine garb, and with a long beard as a symbol of wisdom. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I represented that I knew him (as I did and do) to be strenuously opposed to it, both in opinion and action. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Her nature was represented to us, when we engaged her, as being feebly expressed in her name. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The Holly converter, covered by United States patents No. 86,303, and No. 86,304, January 26, 1869, represented one of the most important American developments of the Bessemer converter. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Hussey also had his machine there, and they were the only ones represented. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Looking towards them now, I saw the Law (as represented by Mr. Bruff's papers) lying unheeded on the floor. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The first two weeks after her return represented to Mrs. Peniston the domestic equivalent of a religious retreat. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Each turbine in a penstock represents the power of 5,000 horses, and there are now ten or more employed. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The latter represents the possibilities of the former; not its existing state. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• We may say then that this figure represents a 100-ton silo. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• All this Mr. Kipling represents as a most desirable state of affairs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Fig. 275 represents Dudley’s patent drawing. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I find her what he represents her, to the best of my judgment; and my mother speaks of her with great commendation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The central dots in the section are the conducting wires round which are the gutta percha and hemp, and the outer rim represents the iron wire casing. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It was an allegory, representing Mr. Davis in the act of signing a secession act or some such document. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Hence, the transmitted message was received on the tape in visible dots and dashes representing characters of the Morse alphabet. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Some were refugee cities representing smashed communities, and in these the aboriginal substratum would be missing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In Figs. 265 and 266 are shown illustrations from the Sixteenth Century, Fig. 265 representing a muzzle loader, and Fig. 266 a breech-loader. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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