Representation
[,reprɪzen'teɪʃ(ə)n] or ['rɛprɪzɛn'teʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent.
(noun.) the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf.
(noun.) a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something.
(noun.) the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body.
(noun.) a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image.
(noun.) a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; 'certain representations were made concerning police brutality'.
(noun.) a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; 'the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor'.
(noun.) a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; 'a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California'.
(noun.) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
阿纳托尔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
(n.) That which represents.
(n.) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.
(n.) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.
(n.) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.
(n.) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.
(n.) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.
(n.) The state of being represented.
杰里米整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Exhibition, delineation, show.[2]. Personation, simulation.[3]. Description, account, narration, relation, narrative.[4]. Likeness, semblance, image, portraiture, model.[5]. Acting for others, supplying another's place.[6]. Body of delegates or deputies.
編輯:奥马尔
例句/造句/用法:
- A representation of the punched paper for transmitting the word Bain is shown in this diagram. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Of course, I lied: it was, in fact, a very faithful representation of Mr. Rochester. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It is in the foregoing manner that the remarkable stereoscopic effect of Sir David Brewster's ghost is produced, a representation of which is given in the next page. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Hence the origin of the representation of burghs in the states-general of all great monarchies in Europe. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Non-workers have no representation in this new Russian state. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I have engaged, on Perker's representation, a housekeeper--a very old one--and such other servants as she thinks I shall require. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I was, of course, familiar with the pictures of the famous statesman, but the man himself was very different from his representation. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The methods of securing representation are unfit instruments for any flexible use. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Upon my representation of what you were suffering, he immediately, and with the greatest delicacy, ceased to urge to see you for the present. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- In running over my other perceptions, I find still the same resemblance and representation. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Proportional representation and preferential voting I have mentioned. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He heard it patiently and feelingly, but I saw that on the two subjects he had reserved it was at present hopeless to make any representation to him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The railway workers, the miners, the doctors, the teachers, the retail merchants would have direct representation in the Interessenvertrag. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The action is incessant, for in any dramatic representation intended for the motion-picture film every second counts. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is called in German an Interessenvertrag--a political representation by trade interests as well as by geographical districts. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Later on there was more grace and less coarseness in the human representations. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And surely these odious tradesmen might be made to understand that, and to wait, if you would make proper representations to them. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I feel that especially about representations of women. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Your representations have weight with me; and to prove that they have, should he come this way I will speak to him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Now, let me ask you girls and boys, Would you paper a room with representations of horses? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- What proof have you of the truth of these representations? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- At first this, and her terrific screams, were all that could be got from Rachael, by any tears, by any prayers, by any representations, by any means. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The rest yielded to Miss Ophelia's urgent representations, that their master's safety depended on their stillness and obedience. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He was nerving himself to this rigor as he rode from Brassing, and meditated on the representations he must make to Rosamond. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I'll explain to you, then,' said the gentleman, after another and a dismal pause, 'why you wouldn't paper a room with representations of horses. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- He visited the Quaker, in high anger; but, being possessed of uncommon candor and fairness, was soon quieted by his arguments and representations. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- That Mr. Woodcourt had only quieted the man by undertaking to come to our house very early in the morning with these representations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- So you would carpet your room—or your husband's room, if you were a grown woman, and had a husband—with representations of flowers, would you? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Lord Southdown, it was said, had been induced to give many hundreds through these pathetic representations. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You must come, certainly--to confront him, so that he may make no false representations to me. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
編輯:默里