portrayed

英 [pɔːˈtreɪd]

美 [pɔːrˈtreɪd]

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的过去分词和过去式

COCA.45341

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

adj

• represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
  Synonym:depictedpictured

双语例句

• Think of Oliver Twist. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt portrayed his poverty-stricken childhood vividly but never luridly.
  狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》和弗兰克·麦考特的《安杰拉的灰烬》都绘声绘色地描绘了赤贫的童年，但还不让人感觉耸人听闻。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard.
  作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。
• Increasingly Mr Obama was portrayed overseas as weak, indecisive and ineffective.
  渐渐地，奥巴马在海外被描绘成了软弱、优柔寡断和无能的形象。
• It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.
  这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。
• The frescoes portrayed scenes of ancient human life.
  这些壁画表现了古人类的生活场面。
• Here's the American heartland as it's seldom portrayed on screen, with humor and almost palpable fondness.
  这里是很少在银幕上得到刻画的美国心脏地带，带着幽默和几乎可以感知的深情。
• Bryant is often portrayed as petulant, selfish, and at times overbearing in newspaper coverage and magazine profiles.
  科比常被媒体描述为脾气坏的、自私的球员，有时还在报纸封面和杂志外形中显得傲慢。
• He portrayed a serial killer in a Broadway show.
  他曾在一个百老汇演出中扮演一位连环杀手。
• Through varied media they portrayed the courage and industriousness of the peoples of Africa.
  他们通过多种多样的艺术形式，描绘了非洲各国人民的勇敢和勤劳。
• Students have always been portrayed as a bit of a joke
  学生们总是被描述为有点儿可笑的人。