2N-COUNT 销售代表;销售代理 A representative is a person whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially by travelling round and visiting other companies. 销售代表;销售代理 [formal]
She had a stressful job as a sales representative.
3ADJ [ADJ n]由代表组成的;代议制的 A representative group consists of a small number of people who have been chosen to make decisions on behalf of a larger group. 由代表组成的;代议制的
The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council.
新的国家元首应该由包括87名成员的代表委员会选出。
...the institutions of a representative government.
代议制政府的各个机构
4ADJ-GRADED 典型的;有代表性的 Someone who is typical of the group to which they belong can be described as representative . 典型的;有代表性的
He was in no way representative of dog-trainers in general. [+ of]
...a process designed to ensure the representativeness of the sample interviewed.
为保证抽样的对象具有代表性而设计的过程
5N-COUNT (美国)众议员 In the United States, a Representative is a member of the House of Representatives, the less powerful of the two parts of Congress. (美国)众议员