两会开幕了,各种媒体报道都能看到“人大代表”、“我代表...作报告”、“...作为代表进行发言”等。你知道这些"代表"的各种不同用法和意思么？

代表dài biǎo [deputy;delegate;representative;represent]

作为名词As a noun, it has three uses:

(1)受委托或指派代替个人,团体,政府办事或表达意见的人;
A person who is entrusted with or assigned to the task of representing or expressing the views of individuals, groups or government offices;

例如:wǒ dài biǎo wǒ de dāng shì rén xiàng nǐ tí chū fǎ lǜ sù sòng
         我代表我的当事人向你提出法律诉讼
        I filed a lawsuit against you on behalf of my client.

(2)显示同一类的共同特征的人或事物;
A person who displays the common characteristics a certain kind of person or thing
例如:tā bèi dāng zuò le tiáo pí hái zǐ de dài biǎo
        他被当做了调皮孩子的代表.
        He was a representative of naughty children.

         wǒ shì wǒ men zhōng nián rén de dài biǎo
         我是我们中年人的代表.
         I represent our middle-aged people.

(3)由行政区,团体机关等选举出来替选举人办事或表达意见的人(作宾语).
A delegate elected to act and speak on behalf of an administrative region, institution or organization. (object)
例如:rén dà dài biǎo
         人大代表
        Deputy to People's Congress
        wǒ men xuǎn tā dāng dài biǎo
         我们选他当代表.
         We elected him to serve as our delegate.

作为动词As verb, it has two uses:

(1)代替个人或集体办事或表达意见(作定语);
To act and express opinions on behalf of an individual or collective. (attributive)
例如:wǒ dài biǎo dān wèi cān jiā zhè cì huì yì
         我代表单位参加这次会议.
          I am representing my organization in my participation in this meeting

(2)人或事物表示某种意义或象征某种概念(作谓语).
A person or thing that expresses a certain meaning or symbolic concept. (predicate)
例如:ào yùn wǔ huán dài biǎo wǔ dà zhōu
        奥运五环代表五大洲.
       The five rings of the Olympic games represent the five continents.

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