Question

portray v.描绘 Whether you're talking about acting or another art form, the idea is the same: representing a person and bringing to light their most important qualities. To portray a person is to show who that person is, giving a sense of their personality or character. Often, famous people don't like how they're portrayed. For example, Presidents usually hate how they're portrayed in editorial cartoons. When you portray someone, you can be positive or negative, accurate or inaccurate. It's up to you. ★★☆☆☆ 2014.4

Accepted Answer

[pɔ:'trei] When you paint a picture of someone, either in words or in paint, you portray them. Actors portray characters too. Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas. 1[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2[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3[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

英语单词	portray
英美音标	[pɔ:'trei]
中文释义	v.描绘
vocab简明	When you paint a picture of someone, either in words or in paint, you portray them. Actors portray characters too.
vocab扩展	Whether you're talking about acting or another art form, the idea is the same: representing a person and bringing to light their most important qualities. To portray a person is to show who that person is, giving a sense of their personality or character. Often, famous people don't like how they're portrayed. For example, Presidents usually hate how they're portrayed in editorial cartoons. When you portray someone, you can be positive or negative, accurate or inaccurate. It's up to you.
真题原句	Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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 2 [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 3 [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
来源	2014.4

Portray Ed Person Verb 动词 [V N Progressive