| 单词 | representative |
| 释义 | representative representative // noun, adjective
■ noun [C]
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SALES REPRESENTATIVE, TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, UNION REPRESENTATIVE
1 (also rep, a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for sb else or on behalf of a group: Representatives of 31 countries attended the conference. Union reps said the proposals were unacceptable. 2 (Marketing ) = SALES REPRESENTATIVE: Our representatives demonstrate products in people's homes. 3 (also rep, an employee of a travel company who stays at a place where customers are on holiday/vacation and helps them with problems, organizes activities, etc. 4 (Commerce ) a company that sells goods on behalf of another company: our representatives in Brazil ■ adjective 1 typical of a particular group of people: Is a questionnaire answered by 500 people truly representative of the population as a whole? This is an isolated case and should not be seen as representative. 2 [usually before noun] containing or including examples of all the different types of people or things in a large group: We interviewed a representative sample of health workers. |
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