n.代表;众议员;典型
adj.代表的;典型的;代表制的
A senator takes precedence over a Representative. 参议员的地位高于众议员。
The tiger is a representative of the cat family. 老虎是猫科动物的典型。
用作形容词 (adj.)Are your opinions representative of the other students? 你的意见是否代表其他学生的意见?
The study was carried out in one small town,so we can't be sure that the results are truly representative. 这项研究在一个小镇里进行,因此我们也不确定研究结果是否真的具有典型性。
Representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people,by the people,for the people. 由亚伯拉罕·林肯定义的代表制政府是民享、民有和为人民的政府。