剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - portray collapse

portray
[UK]/pɔ:'treɪ/ [US]/pɔ:r-/
verb [T]
I
* to represent or describe someone or something in a painting, film, book or other artistic work
描绘，描述，描写

1. The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress.
这幅画描绘的是一位身穿蓝色连衣裙的美丽少妇。

2. The writer portrays life in a small village at the turn of the century.
作家描写了世纪之交一个小村庄的生活。

portray sb as sth
* If a person in a film, book, etc. is portrayed as a particular type of character, they are represented in that way
把（某人）刻画成，将（某人）塑造成

1. The father in the film is portrayed as a fairly unpleasant character.
影片中的父亲被塑造成一个很不讨人喜欢的角色。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - portray collapse

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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.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：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.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：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.

【语法信息】：V n as n

【语法信息】：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

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - portray collapse

portray
por·tray / pC:5trei; NAmE pC:r5t- / verb [VN]
1. to show sb / sth in a picture; to describe sb / sth in a piece of writing
   描绘；描画；描写
   SYN  depict
2. ~ sb / 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。
3. 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。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - portray collapse

portray verb

• ADVERB accurately | clearly | graphically, vividly an incident that graphically ~s the dangers associated with this sport | The museum collection vividly ~s the heritage of 200 years of canals. | convincingly

• VERB + PORTRAY attempt to, try to

• PREPOSITION as They try to ~ themselves as the victims.

Portray is used with these nouns as the subject: actor, actress, artist, film, media, movie, painting
Portray is used with these nouns as the object: character, hero, woman

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - portray collapse

portray verb
⇨ present 2

新牛津英语同义词词典 - portray collapse

portray

verb
1 many artists choose to portray Windermere in sunny weather
PAINT , draw, paint/draw a picture of, picture, sketch, depict, represent, illustrate, present, show, render; poetic/literary limn.

2 the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh
DESCRIBE , depict, characterize, represent, delineate, present, show, paint a word picture of, paint in words, evoke.

3 an article which portrays her as the victim of a loveless marriage
REPRESENT , depict, characterize, describe, present.

4 Sean Connery portrays a British publisher ushered into the world of espionage
PLAY THE PART OF , play, act the part of, take the role of, act, represent, appear as, perform, enact; rare personate.

词源记忆 - portray collapse

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。