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)
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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

• The author portrays the campus as a very pleasant place.
  作者把该校园描写成一个令人很愉快的地方。
• What's the name of the actress who portrays the mother in that film?
  在电影里扮演母亲的女演员叫什么名字？
• The novel portrays the growth of a fighter.
  这本小说描写了一个战士的成长。
• The painting portrays his second wife.
  这幅画画的是他的第二任妻子。
• 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。
• 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。
• He portrays the psyche as poly-centric.
  在他的描绘中精神是多中心的。
• In the movie Dr. Strangelove, Sellers portrays a brilliant but psychotic physicist.
  在电影《斯坦洛夫博士》中，赛勒斯刻画了一个卓越的但精神变态的物理学家。
• The book portrays the actor as a selfish person.
  这本书把演员描绘成一个自私的人。
• 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。