portray
基本释义
- v.描绘，描写；（在艺术或文学作品中）描述，刻画；（在电影、戏剧等中）扮演
词语例句
描绘，描写vt.
He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.
最近几个月他一直努力工作要从一个更好的角度描绘纽约。
The report portrays an overall optimism borne by the recent healthy real-estate "upcycle" and improving economy.
该报告还描绘了近期房地产市场的健康“上升周期”和经济好转所带来的整体乐观态势。
Though advocates portray grass-fed products as a win-win situation for all, they do have downsides.
尽管支持者将草饲产品描绘成对所有人都有利的双赢局面，但这些产品也有缺点。
（在艺术或文学作品中）描述，刻画vt.
That's what we tried to portray in the book, this feeling of opulence and grandeur.
那正是我们想要在这本书里所要营造的，那种繁荣且伟大的气氛。
Beijing Opera portrays and narrates the plot and characters through stylized acting.
京剧通过程式化的表演来描绘和叙述情节和人物。
I'd say working at a magazine is glamorous to an extent, but not in the way it's portrayed in films.
我想说，在某种程度上，在杂志社工作是很吸引人的，但它不像电影里描绘的那样。
（在电影、戏剧等中）扮演vt.
In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of "Camelot."
1975年他在洛杉矶重演的戏剧《卡米洛特》中扮演国王。
- He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.最近几个月他一直努力工作要从一个更好的角度描绘纽约。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Though advocates portray grass-fed products as a win-win situation for all, they do have downsides.尽管支持者将草饲产品描绘成对所有人都有利的双赢局面，但这些产品也有缺点。
- Why does cartoonist Mike Luckovich portray groundhog Phil confessing in front of reporters that he accepted money from the White House?漫画家麦克·卢科维奇为什么在画中描绘土拨鼠菲尔在记者面前承认自己收受了白宫的钱呢？
相关短语
- portray sb./sth. as sth.把某人/某事物描写成某种样子
- portray a person写真；写真套系
- Portray Love by Life用生命之笔描绘爱
- to portray描绘；刻画
- portray y绘制
- A PORTRAY LIFE涂鸦人生
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词义分布
英英释义
- v.portray in words
- v.make a portrait of
- v.assume or act the character of
- v.represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally
词源
- portray中世纪法语portraire.
- portray描绘，描写，刻画；扮演，饰演词根词缀： por(pro-)前 + tray(-tract-)拉
- portray描绘，描画来自古法语portraire,描绘，描画，来自por-,向前，traire,拉，来自拉丁语trahere,拉，词源同draw,drawing,tract.字面意思即向前拉，延展，引申词义描绘，描画等。拼写可能受tray影响俗化。