portray
英[pɔː'treɪ] 美[pɔːr'treɪ]
"The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
"Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
"She impersonates Madonna"
"The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
"The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
1.扮演；饰演
When an actor or actressportrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...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.描绘；描述
When a writer or artistportrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it.
portray
e.g. ...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
e.g. ...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.表现；刻画
If a film, book, or television programmeportrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way.
e.g. 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”。
e.g. ...complaints about the way women are portrayed in adverts.
抗议在广告中如此刻画女性
1. portray的意思
1. 描写：[写作指导] 描写(portray)就是用生动、形象的语言将人物、事物、景物等的特征和性质活灵活现地刻画或描绘出来,使读者如见其人、如闻其声、如临其境. 为了使人或事物的特征跃然纸上,我们往往在写文章时把叙述和描写结合起来.
2.
2. 你可把蓝图心里：纵使别人一千遍Copy, | 你可把蓝图心里portray, | 将爱的真谛细致Embody,
3. 画像,描绘：portentous 奇特,不祥的 |portray 画像,描绘 | proceed 继续,进行
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。
Her father will be portrayed by Sean Connery.
肖恩·康纳利将饰演她的父亲。
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
...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
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
So we't want to portray them a way that wasn't accessible.
因此,我们不希望的方式描绘他们无法接触.
It absorbed the characteristics the biography, which paid attention to portray the personality of characters.
它汲取了传记的某些长处, 注意对人物性格的表现,因而具有文学性.
He then beat back Republican efforts to portray him as reckless, naive and inexperienced.
之后,共和党将他描述成一个鲁莽 、 天真、缺乏经验的人,但他最终却冲出了重围.
Andy Lau has an incredibly expressive face here , which allows him to portray both layers perfectly.
刘德华的面部表情难以置信地传神, 使他能够完美地刻画人物的双重性格.
China in past comment has sought to portray the matter as a straightforward criminal case.
在过去的言论中,中国努力将此事描述为一起简单的刑事案件.
The actor shaved his head off in order to portray a bald man.
为扮演一个秃头男人,演员把他自己的头发剃光了.
Police were allegedly trying to portray the West Auckland spraying as an isolated incident.
据称,警察试图将最近的这桩喷击事件描绘成一个孤立案件.
The final chapters portray the witness of the church far beyond Jerusalem.
最后的几个章节是关于在远离耶路撒冷之地教会的见证.
The poor beggar looked silly trying to portray the role of Hamlet.
那可怜虫因为拼命想把哈姆雷特的角色演好而大出洋相.
They portray the scene of milking, polishing felt or goats fighting , hawk flying.
或表现挤奶 、 擀毡,或模拟山羊顶角 、 雄鹰展翅.
The movie also requires use of modeling action and characters to portray figures.
而影视剧中更要求运用造型动作和人物造型去刻画人物.
Phantasmagoria portray the unspeakable, they rise above the written language.
幻影描绘无法形容的事物, 它超越了语言文字.
Another issue was a trade dispute over portray import poultry imports.
另一个问题是进口家禽的贸易纠纷.
Our concept: Let's make great efforts together to portray your shining point refinedly.
我们的理念: 让我们一起努力,精心描绘您的亮点.
They often portray the great bird in beaten silver, which also reminds me of the garuda.
他们氏族的图腾是山鹰,而这个鹰经常被描绘为银色的, 这让我想起了藏族的银翅鸟.
It is not easy to portray the surprise of the Indian at this discovery.
印第安人见到这种情况,其惊异之情真是难以形容.
He did not want a Who's Who of humanity to portray His own magnificence.
他不需要透过某某人的人性来描绘他的伟大.
It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.
人们仍然认为在戏剧或电影中再现基督的形象是不妥当的。
The painting is..full..of the spirit of the scene portrayed.
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