portray
柯林斯词典
1. V-T When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or movie. 扮縯
In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of "Camelot."
1975年他在洛杉磯重縯的戯劇《卡米洛特》中扮縯國王。
2. V-T When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it. 描繪 (事物)
The film portrays a culture of young people who live in lower Manhattan. 這部電影描繪了在下曼哈頓地區生活的青年人文化。
3. V-T If a movie, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way. (以某種方式) 刻畫 (某人)
...complaints about the way women are portrayed in ads. …不滿於廣告中對婦女的刻畫方式。
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portray /pɔːˈtreɪ/ (portraying,portrayed,portrays)
剑桥词典
- to represent or describe someone or something in a painting , film , book , or other artistic work
- The book portrays him as a hero of the Wild West .
- He was portrayed as a ruthless opportunist who exploited the publicity at every opportunity .
- She was portrayed in the papers as the embodiment of evil .
- Marilyn was portrayed as some sort of dim-witted , floozy blonde .
- He was portrayed as a hopeless drunk . 返回 portray
描繪,描述,描寫
The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress . 這幅畫描繪的是一位身穿藍色連衣裙的美麗少女。
The writer portrays life in a small village at the turn of the century . 作家描寫了世紀之交一個小村莊的生活。
portray sb as sth
If a person in a film , book , etc. is portrayed as a particular type of character , they are represented in that way.
把(某人)刻畫成,將(某人)塑造成
The father in the film is portrayed as a fairly unpleasant character . 影片中的父親被塑造成一個很不招人喜歡的角色。
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