vt.表現(xiàn)；表示；描繪；代表；象征；說明；闡明

vi.提出異議

Monsters in dreams often represent fears. 怪物在夢里經(jīng)常表現(xiàn)為恐懼。

Both represent the triumph of passion over reason. 兩者都表現(xiàn)出理智之外的激情。

Dotted arrows represent flow of information. 虛矢線表示信息流程。

You must represent your complaints to Head Office. 你必須向總部表示出你的抱怨。

The carvings represent a hunting scene. 這些雕刻作品描繪了一幅狩獵的場面。

These pictures represent Japanese landscapes at all seasons of the year. 這些畫描繪日本一年四季的風景。

They represent each society stratum. 他們代表各個社會階層。

Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life. 面條必須是整條不切斷的，象征長命百歲。

These beautiful green stones represent love and success. 這些美麗的綠寶石象征愛和成功。

Let me represent my ideas to you in another way. 讓我用另一種方式向你說明我的想法。

I will represent to him the risks he is running. 我將向他說明他所冒的危險。

注意represent與delegate的意思區(qū)別：represent指“代表某人”。delegate指“委派某人”。 He represented me at the meeting.他代表我在會議上。 He delegated me to the meeting.他派我代表他去會議。

represent有做“說明，闡明”的意思。 He represented her to be an actress.He represented her as an actress.He represented that she was an actress.

present sb with sth指“將某物贈送某人”。

represent的基本意思是“代表”,多指受委托代表某人、組織、機構、國家等辦理某事。引申可指“象征”“體現(xiàn)”“表示”“描繪”“聲稱”“扮演”等。

represent既可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,可接名詞、代詞、that從句作賓語；也可接雙賓語，其間接賓語須由介詞to引出。represent還可接以as短語充當補足語的復合賓語。