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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7017 COCA: 3263

portray

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por·tray /pɔːˈtreɪ $ pɔːr-/ ●●○ verb [transitiveT]  
1  portray somebody/something as something DESCRIBEto describe or show someone or something in a particular way, according to your opinion of them 把某人/某物描写成某种样子 SYN depict
 Romantic artists portrayed nature as wild and powerful.
浪漫主义艺术家描绘的大自然是狂野而强大的。
 The president likes to portray himself as a friend of working people.
总统喜欢以工薪阶层的朋友自居。
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portray somebody/something as something• Liberals are portrayed by the group as sensitive and caring.• Many fairy tales portray women as victims.
2  DESCRIBEto describe or represent something or someone 描写，描绘 SYN depict
 His most famous painting portrayed the death of Nelson.
他最著名的画作描绘的是纳尔逊之死。
 Religion was portrayed in a negative way.
对宗教的描写是负面的。
3  APTto act the part of a character in a play, film, or television programme 扮演〔角色〕 SYN play
 She portrays a dancer in the hit film.
她在这部卖座的影片里扮演一位舞者。
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portray• Their music portrays a lifestyle that no longer exists.• In the movie, Burg portrays a real-life Holocaust survivor.• This is the only example portraying a Roman Emperor which has survived intact from such an early age.• The recommendation was a surprise because census officials previously have portrayed adjustment as a solution to chronic undercounts.• All along, the Owens River had been portrayed as a matter of life or death to the city of Los Angeles.• This again portrays Cassius as a hero, and Caesar as a feeble old man in comparison.• We are all given T-shirts that portray Erap as a crocodile, gobbling money.• Leonard Baskin has been chosen to portray F.D.R.'s first inauguration and, in the final room, his funeral cortège.• Instead, she portrayed herself as a philanthropist, eager to help old friends down on their luck.• Fink is not the only writer portrayed in the film.• Two portray large dramatic faces that do not look particularly human.
Origin portray
(1200-1300) Old French portraire, from Latin protrahere “to draw out, show”
por·tray verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7017 COCA: 3263
portray

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ADVERB | VERB + PORTRAY | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤accurately精確地描述▸➤clearly清楚地描述▸➤graphically, vividly栩栩如生地／生動地描述◇an incident that graphically portrays the dangers associated with this sport形象地反映該項體育運動存在危險的事件◇The museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of canals.博物館的藏品生動地再現了運河 200 年的歷史。➤convincingly令人信服地刻畫VERB + PORTRAY➤attempt to, try to試圖描繪PREPOSITION➤as描繪成◇They try to portray themselves as the victims.他們試圖把自己描述成受害者。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7017 COCA: 3263
portray verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7017 COCA: 3263
portray
To describe or define something: describe, define, illustrate...
Processes in fiction: allegory, anthropomorphic, bathos...
To act: act, ad-lib, co-star...

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