| 正面 | 3285.portray 英 [pɔː'treɪ]美 [pɔr'tre]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、por- "forth" + traire "trace, draw" from Latin trahere "drag, draw, pull".2、字面意思为：trace, draw forth. => draw, paint (something).vt. 描绘；扮演 例句： 1. He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.最近几个月里他努力从更积极的角度来描绘纽约。 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。 portray (v.)mid-13c., "to draw, paint" (something), from Anglo-French purtraire, Old French portraire "to draw, to paint, portray" (12c.), literally "trace, draw forth," from por- "forth" (from Latin pro-; see pro-) + traire "trace, draw," from Latin trahere "to drag, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "depict in words, describe" is from late 14c. Related: Portrayed; portraying." |