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

• He has dropped his old bad-boy image and now portrays himself as something of an angel.
  他改掉了坏男孩的旧形象，现在把自己扮演得像个天使。
• The picture portrays a father singing a lullaby to his baby.
  这幅图描绘一个唱摇篮曲给孩子听的父亲。
• Her book portrays the king as a cruel man.
  她的书把国王描绘成一个残暴的人。
• He portrays the psyche as poly-centric.
  在他的描绘中精神是多中心的。
• The timing diagram portrays lifelines across a period of time.
  计时图描述了一个时期内的生命线。
• My research notes found more of a modern, sleek and refined sense of design and business styles than their current logo portrays.
  我的研究笔记发现了现代，时尚和精致的设计和业务常识，比目前的标志样式描绘。
• The diary portrays his family as quarrelsome and malicious.
  日记中描述了他家反宅乱的事。
• 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”。
• It portrays an artistic concept through the skill of hyperbole with a romantic flavor.
  以夸张的艺术手法塑造了奔马的艺术形态，意境带有浪漫主义色彩。
• Not that the film portrays Malawian people as innocent victims of circumstances beyond their control.
  电影描述了遭受不可控环境袭扰的马拉维的无辜受害者。