(1)represent sb. as/to be ... 宣称某人为......
represent ... as ... 把......描绘成......
represent oneself as/to be ... 自称是......
represent sth. to sb. 向某人说明某事;
向某人传达某事
(2)representative adj. 代表性的
n. 代表,代理人
①He represented himself to be a friend of my father's,but now we know the truth.
他自称是我父亲的朋友,但现在我们知道真相了。
②She represents_herself_as the kindest mother in the world.
她把自己描绘成世界上最好的母亲。
③Let me represent my ideas to you in an easy way.
让我用一种简单的方式说明我的想法。
[名师点津] represent作"向......描述/表达"讲时,不能直接跟"人"作宾语,常用结构为"represent sth.to sb."或"represent to sb.sth."。有类似用法的单词还有explain, suggest, announce, guarantee等。
2.(教材P26)After half an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously.
等了半个小时之后,他们的航班到达了,我看见几个年轻人走进了等候区,他们好奇地向四周张望。
curiously adv.好奇地;奇妙地
(1)curious adj. 好奇的
be curious about ... 对......好奇
be curious to do ... 急于做......
(2)curiosity n. 好奇心
out of curiosity 出于好奇
with curiosity=curiously 好奇地
①Curiously enough, a year later exactly the same thing happened again.
说来奇怪,完全一样的事情一年后又发生了。