Provide with insufficient or inadequate representation.
未充分代表
women are under-represented at high levels
妇女在高层次上未被充分代表。
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They are overwhelmingly relegated to low paying jobs and are grossly under-represented in the Universities.
The company believes it is under-represented in the capital, with only one of its 30 Scottish stores located in the city, compared with six in Glasgow.
In many genres today women are still under-represented as composers and players.
If people are under-represented on campus or in the employment figures, that could be evidence of an underlying social injustice.
They are seriously under-represented in therapeutic trials, resulting in a less adequate evidence base for treatment.
Projects may include research to find out which groups are under-represented in the workforce, possibly by helping employers audit their staff.
He said the party would be concentrating much of its efforts on Dublin and 14 other urban centres where the party was under-represented.
She believes that arts students have currently been under-represented and has promised to make improvements in this area.
But he admitted the society was under-represented in some parts of the country.
The working class is under-represented in membership, and the professional middle class is over-represented.
Citizens who are not students are in danger of being under-represented in their area if students have access to such direct political representation.
One of the things I am concerned about is that in the Midlands and the North we are massively under-represented.
If anything, that period was under-represented in the journal's coverage, not over-represented.
Currently people from these communities are under-represented on the blood and bone marrow donor registers.
In IT, women are significantly under-represented, especially at senior levels.
It seriously under-represents the quantity, extent and significance of the archaeological remains and perpetuates misconceptions about the region.
Women continue to be under-represented in the highest-paying employment sectors.
The Government moved after research showed that middle-class professionals were under-represented on juries.
Derivatives
under-representation
noun
I think all we know is first of all that there is under-representation.
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‘More should be done to address under-representation from other areas than inner cities, including areas of rural deprivation,’ the report added.
The proper response to the under-representation of state pupils is to raise school standards, not discriminate against the brightest.
Many people we consulted throughout the course of the project expressed frustration that, although the problem of under-representation has been recognised and discussed over a number of years, very little has been done.
The profession has recognised that something must be done to address its woeful under-representation of women.