| 单词 | representative |
| 释义 | rep·re·sen·ta·tive 1 adj 1: serving to represent 2 a: standing or acting for another esp. through delegated authority an agent acting in a ~ capacity b: of, based on, or constituting a government in which the people are represented by individuals chosen from among them usu. by election 3: of or relating to representation representative 2 n: one that represents another or others in a special capacity: as a: one that represents a constituency as a member of a legislative or other governing body; specif: a member of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature b: one that represents another as agent, deputy, substitute, or delegate and that usu. is invested with the authority of the principal c: one that represents or stands in the place of a deceased person: personal representative d: one that represents another as successor or heir e: one named as the plaintiff or defendant in a class action to litigate on behalf of the class re·prieve 1 /ri-'prēv/ vt re·prieved, re·priev·ing [alteration of earlier repry to send back (to prison), return to custody, perhaps from Anglo-French repris, past participle of reprendre to take back, from Old French]: to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner) reprieve 2 n 1 a: the act of reprieving: the state of being reprieved b: a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence esp. of death as an act of clemency 2: an order or warrant of reprieve |
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