rep

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Related topics: Business basics, Theatre, Politics

rep /rep/ noun

1. [countableC] informalBB a sales representative 销售代表，销售员

2 [countableC]BBC someone who speaks officially for a company, organization, or group of people 〔公司、组织、群体的〕代表 SYN representative

staff/union/company etc rep

You need to speak to the students’ rep.

你需要和学生代表谈一谈。

Safety reps have the right to stop the job when workers are in danger.

工人有危险的时候，安全代表有权停工。

3. [countableC] American EnglishAmE a representative 众议院议员

4 [countableC, uncountableU]APT repertory, or a repertory theatre or company 轮流演出选定的剧目；轮演剧目剧场；轮演剧目剧团

Most actors start off in rep.

大多数演员是从参加轮演剧目的演出起步的。

5. [countableC] American EnglishAmE spokenP a reputation 名声，名誉

6 [countableC] one exercise that you do in a series of exercises 〔系列运动中的一组〕重复动作 SYN repetition

Do 15 reps of each exercise.

每组动作重复15次。

Examples from the Corpus

rep• Coincidentally they received a phone call from a double glazing company to see if a rep could call round.• In addition, three Askews' reps will combine forces with Chivers' force of two, to represent Chivers to libraries.• Williams has a bad rep, both on and off the field.• MTV reps confirmed that the station will not show the video.• I had lots of new reps and I wanted them to be successful.• Fox was one of two player reps who voted against the collective bargaining agreement.• When I called the sales rep said it hadn't been dispatched.• It's probably due to all those sales reps in their Sierras and Cavaliers.• I go through the reps to do that.• It gives me credibility with the reps.

staff/union/company etc rep• Now, I knew staff reps who were as good as lawyers, who could hold their own in a court.• Are local officers, or staff reps, really capable of collective bargaining?• Keith is the union rep in the school.• When union reps sought an 8-cent increase, they and hundreds of other workers were sacked.

Rep.

1 the written abbreviation of Representative, used before names / Representative 的书面缩写，〔美国〕众议院议员〔用于名字前〕

Rep. Bud Shuster

众议院议员巴德·舒斯特