portray
- vt.描绘;表现;扮演(某角色);描写;描画;将…描写成;给人以某种印象
过去式: portrayed 现在分词: portraying 过去分词: portrayed 第三人称单数: portrays
verb
描绘;描画;描写
to show sb/sth in a picture; to describe sb/sth in a piece of writing
将…描写成;给人以某种印象;表现
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
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。
扮演(某角色)
to act a particular role in a film/movie or play
Her father will be portrayed by Sean Connery.
肖恩∙康纳利将饰演她的父亲。
portray
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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。
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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
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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”。
verb
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- portray in words
- The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
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- make a portrait of
- Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
- Synonym: depict limn
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- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting
- Synonym: present
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- assume or act the character of
- She impersonates Madonna
- The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man
- Synonym: impersonate
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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。
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That 's what we tried to portray in the book , this feeling of opulence and grandeur .
那就是我们在书中竭力描绘的——一种富丽堂皇的气派。
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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。
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Her father will be portrayed by Sean Connery .
肖恩∙康纳利将饰演她的父亲。
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Students have always been portrayed as a bit of a joke
学生们总是被描述为有点儿可笑的人。
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The persons and events portrayed in this production are fictitious .
这部作品中描述的人物和事件均属虚构。
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His many novels have portrayed the sufferings of his race .
他在很多小说中描述了他的种族所遭受的种种苦难。
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It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media .
这是份苦差,并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。
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It would be wrong to portray his life as a calculated ascent to power at any cost .
如果把他的一生描述成不惜任何代价一心想向上爬,那就错了。
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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”。
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This portrays her as wimpy , but she has a very strong character .
这把她描绘得很懦弱,其实她性格十分坚强。
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Unfortunately , his idea of bold journalism was a hatchet job , portraying the staff in a negative light .
很遗憾,他所谓的大胆新闻报道是一种恶意攻击,对工作人员进行了负面的报道。
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Arthur himself has been portrayed as a weak cuckold .
亚瑟王本人被描绘成一个被人戴绿帽子的软弱之人。
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He portrays the psyche as poly - centric .
在他的描绘中精神是多中心的。
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Now , as for the Democrats , they 've been able to use this issue quite effectively to portray the president as insensitive .
然而,对民主党人来说,他们成功利用了这个问题来渲染总统的麻木不仁。
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All too often it is only the negative images of Ireland that are portrayed , colouring opinions and hiding the true nature of the country
媒体往往描绘的只是爱尔兰的负面形象,影响了大家的看法,掩盖了这个国家的真实面貌。
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It portrays him as cold and uncaring .
其中把他描绘成了一个冷漠无情的人。
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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。
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Susan is portrayed as a traditional feminine role in this novel .
在这部小说中,苏珊被刻画成一位传统的女性角色。
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The painting portrays him as a ruthless conqueror .
这幅画把他画成了一个残酷的征服者。
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The cop was portrayed as a contemptible coward .
那个警察被刻画成可鄙的胆小鬼。
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The novel portrays the growth of a fighter .
这本小说描写了一个战士的成长。
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The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard .
作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。
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The characters in the novel are all vividly portrayed .
这篇小说里的人物都是活生生的,有血有肉的。
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The world of letters can be portrayed today as a garden with a hundred flowers in bloom .
百花盛开春满园是今日文坛的写照。
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Lu Xun vividly portrayed the character of ah Q.
鲁迅生动地刻画了阿q这一人物形象。
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Such results may seem surprising against the background of shocking incidents that color the way the mass media portray the young .
大众媒体会带有偏见地描绘青少年种种令人震惊的行为,在这样的背景下,这个结果可能会让人惊讶。
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Among most bitter stories in The Great Divide were those that portrayed the frustrations of the young , who long to enter our shrinking middle class .
在《巨大的分歧》中,那些描绘年轻人的挫折的故事最为痛苦,他们渴望进入我们日益萎缩的中产阶级。
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He was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome .
他在罗马长期居留的最初阶段,他的朋友安东·拉斐尔·门斯给他绘制了一幅肖像画。
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Apart from the specific trends highlighted above , which cause some investors to worry , the report portrays an overall optimism borne by the recent healthy real-estate " upcycle " and improving economy .
除了以上所强调的令投资者担心的具体趋势外,由于近来房地产行业的“升级改造”以及经济向好,报道勾画出了一幅总体乐观的画面。