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

• Old photographs suggest that the actors were chosen because they bear some resemblance to the people they portray.
  根据陈旧的照片选择那些与他们描述的人物有很大相似性的人作为演员。
• They tried to portray time and space in a way that is still beautiful, but can seem baffling.
  他们用看似莫名，但却美妙的方法描绘时间与空间。
• 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。
• The media love to portray us all as eye candy, but actually we all have our own personalities.
  像往常那样，我只是想做我自己。媒体总喜欢叫我们花瓶，但实际上我们都有自己的个性。
• To help you portray your company structure, different accounting, logistics and human resources organization units are provided.
  为了帮助你们描画你们的公司结构，系统中提供了一些不同的财务，物流和人力资源组织单元。
• He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.
  最近几个月里他努力从更积极的角度来描绘纽约。
• The problem is likely to be much worse than we can portray.
  问题或许比我们所能描绘的严重许多。
• You would portray Israel and you compare it to the rest of the Middle East.
  如果你想报道以色列你最起码会和中东的其他国家做比较。
• Advertising tends to portray women in a very traditional role.
  广告倾向于把妇女描绘成担负着非常传统的职责。
• It explores the settings, dramatic methods and irony that portray the characters personality profoundly.
  在该小说中，海明威主要运用了场景手法、戏剧手法和嘲弄手法塑造人物的个性。