•They chose a famous barrister to represent them in court.他们选了一位著名律师为他们出庭辩护。

•Union officials representing the teachers met the government today.代表教师的工会干事今天与政府官员会谈。

•I sent my husband to represent me at the funeral.我请我丈夫代表我参加葬礼。

•Women were well/poorly represented at the conference (= there were many/few present).出席会议的女性很多／少。

•Mr Smythe represents Barnet.斯迈思先生是巴尼特的代表。

•We represented our grievances/demands to the boss.我们向老板表达了我们的不满／要求。

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•[+ -ing verb] The statue represents St George killing the dragon.这座雕像展现的是圣乔治斩龙的故事。

•This new report represents the current situation in our schools.这份新的报告介绍了我们这里的学校现状。

•He represents himself as an expert, but he knows nothing.他自称是个专家，可是他一窍不通。

•To many people the Queen represents the former glory of Britain.对于很多人来说，女王代表着英国昔日的荣光。

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•This book represents ten years of thought and research.这本书是十年思考和研究的结晶。

•The new offer represented an increase of 10% on the previous one.新的报价比上一次报价高出10%。