portray

[pɔ:'trei]

vt.描写, 描绘, 饰演

vt.

1. 画(人物, 风景等); (用语言)描写

Dickens portrayed his characters to the life.

狄更斯把他笔下的人物描绘得栩栩如生。

2. 把……描绘成[(+as)]

Her book portrays her stepfather as a cruel man.

她的书把继父描绘成残忍的人。

3. 扮演; 表现

He portrayed King Lear in the play.

他在这戏里扮演李尔王。

词形变化

形容词: portrayable | 名词: portrayer | 动词过去式: portrayed | 动词过去分词: portrayed | 动词现在分词: portraying | 动词第三人称单数: portrays |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.描绘; 表现

represent  picture  depict  illustrate  characterize  impersonate  describe  

同义参见:

specify  play  draw  enact  paint  design  diagram  sketch  explain  

英英释义

动词 portray:

portray in words

make a portrait of

同义词：depict, limn

assume or act the character of

同义词：impersonate

represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally

同义词：present

补充

portrayportray英:[pɔ:ˈtrei] 美:[pɔrˈtre, por-]vt.1.画像; 描述The book portrayed his personal experience.这本书描绘了他的个人经历。He portrayed himself as a champion for democracy.他把自己描绘成民主斗士。2.扮演He portrayed Napoleon in the play.他在戏里扮演拿破仑。

例句

1. a novelist who accurately portrays provincial domestic life准确描述外省家庭生活的小说家 2. Advertising tends to portray women in very traditional roles.广告倾向于以非常传统的角色来表现女性。 3. She says the programme portrayed her as a 'lady of easy virtue'.她说节目把她刻画成了一个“水性杨花的女人”。 4. She says the programme portrayed her as dishonest.她说节目把她塑造成了一位不讲诚信的人。 5. The animals were portrayed by actors in masks.动物是由戴着面具的演员饰演的。 6. He portrayed the king in a revival of 'Camelot'.他在重新上演的《圣城风云》中饰演国王。 7. the landscape as portrayed by Poussin普桑所描绘的风景 8. to portray with sure but sparing brush strokes an unforgettable face以肯定然而谨慎的笔触画一张难忘的脸 9. The author portrays life in a refugee camp very vividly.作者生动地描述了难民营中的生活。 10. He frowned and stamped his feet to portray anger.他又皱眉头又跺脚表示生气。 11. the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh.伊夫林•沃所刻画的无能的牛津剑桥指导老师。 12. he chose Trevor Howard to portray Captain Bligh.他选择让特雷弗•霍华德来扮演布莱船长。 13. the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist.该书把他描写成了一个自私自利的野心家。 14. Zola portrayed life in 19th-century France.佐拉描述了19世纪法国的生活。 15. In many of his novels life is portrayed as being hard.他的很多小说都把人生描绘成很艰辛的。 16. In this film she portrays a very old woman.她在这部电影中扮演一个老太太。 17. The White House has portrayed the President as deeply conflicted over the matter.白宫的说法是，总统在此事上举棋不定。 18. The lawyer portrayed his client as a victim of child abuse.律师将其当事人描述成儿童虐待的受害者。 19. He portrayed himself as a victim.他把自己说成是一名受害者。 20. The painting portrays the queen in a purple robe.在这幅画中，女王身着紫袍。 21. The novel portrays [=depicts] life in a small southern town.这部小说描绘了一个南部小镇的生活。 22. Laurence Olivier portrayed Hamlet beautifully.劳伦斯·奥利弗出色地饰演了哈姆雷特。