representative是什么意思

representative

英 [repr?'zent?t?v] 美 ['r?pr?'z?nt?t?v]

representative 代表的，典型的，代表

來自 represent,呈現，代表，描繪。

representative (adj.): "serving to represent," late 14c., from Old French representatif (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin repraesentativus, from stem of Latin repraesentare (see represent). Meaning "standing for others" is from 1620s; in the political sense of "holding the place of the people in the government, having citizens represented by chosen persons" is first recorded 1620s. Meaning "pertaining to or founded on representation of the people" is from 1640s.
representative (n.): 1640s, "example, type," from representative (adj.); 1690s in sense of "member of a legislative body."

1. Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy.: 貝克教授并不熟悉“代議制民主”這一思想。

2. Voters are interested in the representative's ability to bring home the bacon.: 選民感興趣的是代表能否兌現承諾。

3. "The community are getting impatient," said a representative of the Residents' Association.: “社區居民開始不耐煩了，”居民協會的一位代表說。

5. The legal profession is starting to be less elitist and more representative.: 法律行業正開始變得更具平民性，不像從前那么精英化。