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

• Her book portrays the king as a cruel man.
  她的书把国王描绘成一个残暴的人。
• The novel portrays the growth of an artist. indicating an art or a descriptive science
  这本小说描写了一个艺术家的成长。表示某种艺术或描述性的学科
• Based on a true story, the book portrays the village as a pleasant place.
  根据真实故事，此本书把这村庄描绘成一个令人愉快的地方。
• The writer portrays life in a workingclass community at the turn of the century.
  作家描写了世纪之交一个工人社区的生活。
• The diary portrays his family as quarrelsome and malicious.
  日记中描述了他家反宅乱的事。
• 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 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”。
• The novel portrays the growth of a fighter.
  这本小说描写了一个战士的成长。
• 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。
• I firmly believe that it is the intrinsic beauty of nature that portrays this unforgettable painting in my memory.
  我深信是大自然与生俱来的力量和美丽赐予了我那幅永生难忘的画面。