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

• He has dropped his old bad-boy image and now portrays himself as something of an angel.
  他改掉了坏男孩的旧形象，现在把自己扮演得像个天使。
• 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。
• It portrays him as cold and uncaring.
  其中把他描绘成了一个冷漠无情的人。
• The timing diagram portrays lifelines across a period of time.
  计时图描述了一个时期内的生命线。
• 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。
• 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”。
• My research notes found more of a modern, sleek and refined sense of design and business styles than their current logo portrays.
  我的研究笔记发现了现代，时尚和精致的设计和业务常识，比目前的标志样式描绘。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？