portrays

英 [pɔːˈtreɪz]

美 [pɔːrˈtreɪz]

v.  描绘; 描画; 描写; 将…描写成; 给人以某种印象; 表现; 扮演(某角色)
portray的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 扮演；饰演
  When an actor or actressportrayssomeone, he or she plays that person in a play or film.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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
• VERB 描绘；描述
  When a writer or artistportrayssomething, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it.
  1. ...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
  2. ...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
• VERB 表现；刻画
  If a film, book, or television programmeportrayssomeone in a certain way, it represents them in that way.
  1. 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”。
  2. ...complaints about the way women are portrayed in adverts.
     抗议在广告中如此刻画女性

双语例句

• Lee Hoi-chang portrays himself as the "real" conservative in this years's race.
  李会昌将自己描述为在今年竞选中一位“真正的”保守派。
• In today's drawing American cartoonist Stuart Carlson portrays a typical Yuletide scene with a comic twist.
  在今天的漫画中，美国漫画家斯图尔特-卡尔森描绘了一个典型的圣诞节期间的场面，这一场面带有意想不到的滑稽变化。
• Your media portrays your country as the one having hegemonic characters.
  你们的媒体把你们的国家描述得就像一个霸权国家。
• The revealing book portrays a world-class genius, and at the same time, a "tyrant".
  这本书在描绘出一位世界一流天才的同时，也刻画出一位“暴君”。
• Figure 10.2 portrays a monopoly or cartel that has managed to extract maximum profits from its buyers.
  图10-2展示了一个想方设法向其买主榨取了最大利润的垄断集团或卡特尔的情况。
• Hitchcock plays beautifully with the script and the screenplay and portrays the monsters within.
  希区柯克娴熟地运用脚本和剧本，对电影中的人物进行了深度地刻画。
• Not that the film portrays Malawian people as innocent victims of circumstances beyond their control.
  电影描述了遭受不可控环境袭扰的马拉维的无辜受害者。
• Based on a true story, the book portrays the village as a pleasant place.
  根据真实故事，此本书把这村庄描绘成一个令人愉快的地方。
• Her book portrays the king as a cruel man.
  她的书把国王描绘成一个残暴的人。
• It portrays an artistic concept through the skill of hyperbole with a romantic flavor.
  以夸张的艺术手法塑造了奔马的艺术形态，意境带有浪漫主义色彩。