[] to act or speak officially for a person, a group or an organization 代表◆Mr Moline represented the Human Resources team at the meeting. 摩林先生在会上代表人力资源部。◆Local businesses are well represented on the committee (= there are a lot of people from them). 委员会中有许多地方企业的代表。◆The union's role is to represent the interests of its members. 工会的作用就是要代表其会员的利益。
[] (not used in the continuous tenses 不用於进行时) to be a symbol of sth 作为…的象徵；代表◆Each colour on the graph represents a different department. 图表中的每一种颜色代表一个不同的部门。◆Our brand represents good design and high quality. 我们的品牌代表精美的设计和上乘的质量。
(linking verb 系动词) (not used in the continuous tenses 不用於进行时) to be sth 等於；相当於；意味着◆This contract represents 20% of the company's annual revenue. 这份合同给这家公司带来 20% 的年收入。SYNconstitute