represents
を表します
解説 Definition
represents は represent（表す、代表する）の三人称単数現在形です。記号や数字が何かを表す場合や、人や組織を代表する場合に使われます。
Represents is the third-person singular present form of represent. It means that a sign, image, number, or other symbol stands for something, or that a person acts or speaks officially on behalf of a group.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
represents は represent の三人称単数現在形で、主語が he、she、it や単数名詞のときに語尾 -s を付けます。発音は /ˌreprɪˈzents/ で末尾は無声音 /s/。This mark represents danger のような「記号が〜を表す」と、She represents our class の「人が〜を代表する」を対で覚えましょう。
Represents is represent plus the third-person singular present ending -s. Use it when the subject is he, she, it, or one singular noun: This mark represents danger; She represents our class. The final ending is pronounced /s/ because the base ends in the voiceless sound /t/, giving /ˌreprɪˈzents/. Connect the word with present in the older sense of “bring before someone”: to represent something is to make it present through a sign, picture, or spokesperson. Keep its two common patterns together: a symbol represents an idea, and a person represents a group.
例文
This mark represents danger.
この印は危険を表します。
The blue line represents water.
青い線は水を表しています。
She represents our class at the meeting.
彼女は会議で私たちのクラスを代表します。
represents の類義語・関連語
類義語
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represents の語源・成り立ち Etymology
represents は represent の形で、語源はラテン語 repraesentare「目の前に現させる」です。re-「再び・こちらへ」+ praesentare「示す」から成り、「見える形にして示す」ので「表します」になるわけです。関連語に present, representation。
Represents is the third-person singular present form of represent, created by adding -s to the base verb. Represent entered English through Old French and comes ultimately from Latin repraesentare, meaning “to make present” or “to place before the eyes.” That verb combines re- with praesentare, a verb based on praesens, “present.” The idea of making something present in visible or concrete form developed into the senses “stand for” and “act on behalf of.”
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