vt.表现；表示；描绘；代表；象征；说明；阐明
vi.提出异议
Monsters in dreams often represent fears. 怪物在梦里经常表现为恐惧。
Both represent the triumph of passion over reason. 两者都表现出理智之外的激情。
Dotted arrows represent flow of information. 虚矢线表示信息流程。
You must represent your complaints to Head Office. 你必须向总部表示出你的抱怨。
The carvings represent a hunting scene. 这些雕刻作品描绘了一幅狩猎的场面。
These pictures represent Japanese landscapes at all seasons of the year. 这些画描绘日本一年四季的风景。
They represent each society stratum. 他们代表各个社会阶层。
Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life. 面条必须是整条不切断的，象征长命百岁。
These beautiful green stones represent love and success. 这些美丽的绿宝石象征爱和成功。
Let me represent my ideas to you in another way. 让我用另一种方式向你说明我的想法。
I will represent to him the risks he is running. 我将向他说明他所冒的危险。
注意represent与delegate的意思区别：represent指“代表某人”。delegate指“委派某人”。 He represented me at the meeting.他代表我在会议上。 He delegated me to the meeting.他派我代表他去会议。
represent有做“说明，阐明”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“将某物赠送某人”。
v.(动词)represent的基本意思是“代表”,多指受委托代表某人、组织、机构、国家等办理某事。引申可指“象征”“体现”“表示”“描绘”“声称”“扮演”等。
represent既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词、that从句作宾语；也可接双宾语，其间接宾语须由介词to引出。represent还可接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
