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portray
[英] [pɔ:ˈtrei] [美] [pɔrˈtre] 生词本

vt.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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1. VERB 扮演；饰演 When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film. 

  • 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。

  • ...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

2. VERB 描绘；描述 When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it. 

  • ...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

  • ...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

3. VERB 表现；刻画 If a film, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way. 

  • 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”。

  • ...complaints about the way women are portrayed in adverts.

    抗议在广告中如此刻画女性

Verb

1. portray in words;

  • "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

2. make a portrait of;

  • "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

3. assume or act the character of;

  • "She impersonates Madonna"
  • "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

4. represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally;

  • "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
1. It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.
人们仍然认为在戏剧或电影中再现基督的形象是不妥当的。

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