[] 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 不用于进行时) to be a symbol of sth作为…的象征；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 不用于进行时) to be sth等于；相当于；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