portray

英 [pɔːˈtreɪ]

美 [pɔːrˈtreɪ]

v.  描绘; 描画; 描写; 将…描写成; 给人以某种印象; 表现; 扮演(某角色)

过去分词：portrayed　第三人称单数：portrays　现在分词：portraying　过去式：portrayed　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7017 / COCA.3263

牛津词典

verb

• 描绘；描画；描写
  to show sb/sth in a picture; to describe sb/sth in a piece of writing
• 将…描写成；给人以某种印象；表现
  to describe or show sb/sth in a particular way, especially when this does not give a complete or accurate impression of what they are like
  1. Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim.
     在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• 扮演（某角色）
  to act a particular role in a film/movie or play
  1. Her father will be portrayed by Sean Connery.
     肖恩∙康纳利将饰演她的父亲。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 扮演；饰演
  When an actor or actressportrayssomeone, he or she plays that person in a play or film.
  1. In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of 'Camelot'.
     他1975年在洛杉矶重新上演的剧目《卡米洛》中扮演国王。
  2. ...the busty and rumbustious Mrs Hall, excellently portrayed by Toni Palmer.
     由托妮·帕默精彩演绎的胸部丰满、吵吵嚷嚷的霍尔太太
• VERB 描绘；描述
  When a writer or artistportrayssomething, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it.
  1. ...this northern novelist, who accurately portrays provincial domestic life.
     这位准确描述外省家庭生活的北方小说家
  2. ...the landscape as portrayed by painters such as Claude and Poussin.
     克劳德和普桑等画家所描绘的风景
• VERB 表现；刻画
  If a film, book, or television programmeportrayssomeone in a certain way, it represents them in that way.
  1. She says the programme portrayed her as a 'lady of easy virtue'.
     她说这个节目把她刻画成了一个“水性杨花的女人”。
  2. ...complaints about the way women are portrayed in adverts.
     抗议在广告中如此刻画女性

英英释义

verb

• portray in words
  1. The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
• make a portrait of
  1. Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
  Synonym:depictlimn
• represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
  1. The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting
  Synonym:present
• assume or act the character of
  1. She impersonates Madonna
  2. The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man
  Synonym:impersonate

双语例句

• You might describe an extremely unusual situation, reveal a shocking statistic, or vividly portray an alarming problem.
  你可能会描绘一个异乎寻常的场面，透露一个触目惊心的数据，或者栩栩如生描述一个耸人听闻的问题。
• It is a marketing tool and can help portray a positive image for your company or website.
  它是一个营销手段，可以帮助你的公司或者网站描绘一个积极的形象。
• It would be wrong to portray his life as a calculated ascent to power at any cost.
  如果把他的一生描述成不惜任何代价一心想向上爬，那就错了。
• She says the programme portrayed her as a 'lady of easy virtue'.
  她说这个节目把她刻画成了一个“水性杨花的女人”。
• The pictures both portray and interpret the action.
  画面同时描绘和表达了行为。
• Which isn't nearly as much of a problem as the media and the emotions portray it.
  这不是难事，因为几乎作为媒介和心情写照。
• Now, as for the Democrats, they've been able to use this issue quite effectively to portray the president as insensitive.
  然而，对民主党人来说，他们成功利用了这个问题来渲染总统的麻木不仁。
• This time, I want to portray a cute Oriental girls, a unique beauty of the Orient.
  这一次，我想描绘一个东方的可爱女孩，一种独特的东方美感。
• That's what we tried to portray in the book, this feeling of opulence and grandeur.
  那就是我们在书中竭力描绘的——一种富丽堂皇的气派。
• Let's portray Assad as a man who's not a terrorist.
  我们不要把阿萨德描绘成一个恐怖分子。