represent的词源
英文词源
- represent
- represent: [14] English borrowed represent from Latin repraesentāre, which meant ‘present again, bring back’, hence ‘show’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and praesentāre, source of English present. The notion of ‘standing in the place of another’ is a post-classical development.
=> present - represent (v.)
- late 14c., "to bring to mind by description," also "to symbolize, serve as a sign or symbol of; serve as the type or embodiment of;" from Old French representer "present, show, portray" (12c.), from Latin repraesentare "make present, set in view, show, exhibit, display," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + praesentare "to present," literally "to place before" (see present (v.)). Legislative sense is attested from 1650s. Related: Represented; representing.
中文词源
来源于拉丁语动词praesentare(呈现,展示)。
词根词缀： re-再 + present赠送,呈现
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：represent 词源，represent 含义。
re-,表强调，present,出具，呈现，给予。
re-,表强调，present,出具，呈现，给予。
