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名词:portrayer 动词过去式:portrayed 过去分词:portrayed 现在分词:portraying 第三人称单数:portrays 形容词:portrayable

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tract,treat=to draw(拉曳)

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portray


/pɔ:'treɪ; pɔr`tre/
v [Tn, Cn.n/a] ~ sb (as sb/sth)
1 make a picture of sb 为某人画像; 画某人的像
*She is portrayed wearing her coronation robes. 给她画的是她穿着加冕礼服的像.
* a picture of the general portraying him as a Greek hero 把这位将军画成希腊英雄的一幅画.
2 describe sb/sth in words 描述或描写某人[某事物]
*The diary portrays his family as quarrelsome and malicious. 日记中描述了他家反宅乱的事.
3 act the part of sb or represent sth in a play, etc (在戏剧等中)扮演某人或表现某事物
*She frowned and stamped her feet to portray anger, eg in a mime. 她又皱眉头又跺脚表示生气(如在哑剧中).

portray


v [T]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: portraire, from Latin protrahere 'to draw out, show']
portray sb/sth as sth
to describe or show someone or something in a particular way, according to your opinion of them
= depict
 Romantic artists portrayed nature as wild and powerful.
 The President likes to portray himself as a friend of working people.
to describe or represent something or someone
= depict
 His most famous painting portrayed the death of Nelson.
 Religion was portrayed in a negative way.
to act the part of a character in a play, film, or television programme
= play
 She portrays a dancer in the hit film.