[VERB 动词]扮演；饰演 When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film.
[V n]
[V-ed]
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
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[VERB 动词]描绘；描述 When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it.
[V n]
[V-ed]
...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
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[VERB 动词]表现；刻画 If a film, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way.
[V n as n]
[be V-ed]
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
Oxford
por·tray/pɔːˈtreɪ; NAmEpɔːrˈtreɪ/verb1portraysb/sth to show sb/sth in a picture; to describe sb/sth in a piece of writing 描绘；描画；描写SYN
depict
2portraysb/sth (as sb/sth) to describe or show sb/sth in a particular way, especially when this does not give a complete or accurate impression of what they are like 将…描写成；给人以某种印象；表现SYN
represent
◆Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim.在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。3portraysb/sth to act a particular role in a film/movie or play 扮演（某角色）SYN
play
◆Her father will be portrayed by Sean Connery.肖恩 · 康纳利将饰演她的父亲。portrayportraysportrayedportrayingpor·tray/pɔːˈtreɪ; NAmEpɔːrˈtreɪ/
1portray somebody/something as something to describe or show someone or something in a particular way, according to your opinion of themSYN depict: Romantic artists portrayed nature as wild and powerful. The president likes to portray himself as a friend of working people.► see thesaurus at
describe
2to describe or represent something or someoneSYN depict: His most famous painting portrayed the death of Nelson. Religion was portrayed in a negative way.3to act the part of a character in a play, film, or television programmeSYN play: She portrays a dancer in the hit film.
WDF
portray
[pɔ:ˈtreɪ]portrayed, portraying, portrays
CET6TEM4考研GRETOEFLIELTS
v3284
9865
1756
309
2144
2360
3296
VERB5246
173685
Spoken:
72162548
portrayed[1109] portraying[368] portrays[219]
描绘(84%)，描写(10%)，饰演(6%)
vt.描绘；扮演
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