portrays

英 [pɔːˈtreɪz]

美 [pɔːrˈtreɪz]

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)
portray的第三人称单数

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

双语例句

• What's the name of the actress who portrays the mother in that film?
  在电影里扮演母亲的女演员叫什么名字？
• The novel portrays the growth of a fighter.
  这本小说描写了一个战士的成长。
• In today's drawing American cartoonist Stuart Carlson portrays a typical Yuletide scene with a comic twist.
  在今天的漫画中，美国漫画家斯图尔特-卡尔森描绘了一个典型的圣诞节期间的场面，这一场面带有意想不到的滑稽变化。
• He also wrote the song of Solomon which is a Book of the love between a man and a woman, and beautifully portrays the marriage between Christ and the saints.
  他还写作了所罗门之歌，描写了一对男女的爱情，它是一篇优美的诗歌，意指了基督与圣徒之间的婚姻。
• He portrays the psyche as poly-centric.
  在他的描绘中精神是多中心的。
• Based on a true story, the book portrays the village as a pleasant place.
  根据真实故事，此本书把这村庄描绘成一个令人愉快的地方。
• In the movie Dr. Strangelove, Sellers portrays a brilliant but psychotic physicist.
  在电影《斯坦洛夫博士》中，赛勒斯刻画了一个卓越的但精神变态的物理学家。
• The book portrays the actor as a selfish person.
  这本书把演员描绘成一个自私的人。
• I firmly believe that it is the intrinsic beauty of nature that portrays this unforgettable painting in my memory.
  我深信是大自然与生俱来的力量和美丽赐予了我那幅永生难忘的画面。
• The revealing book portrays a world-class genius, and at the same time, a "tyrant".
  这本书在描绘出一位世界一流天才的同时，也刻画出一位“暴君”。