1portray somebody/something as somethingDESCRIBEto 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.
portray• Their music portrays a lifestyle that no longer exists.• In the movie, Burg portrays a real-lifeHolocaustsurvivor.• This is the only example portraying a RomanEmperor which has survivedintact from such an early age.• The recommendation was a surprise because census officials previously have portrayedadjustment 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 portrayF.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 writerportrayed in the film.• Two portray large dramatic faces that do not look particularly human.
Originportray
(1200-1300)Old Frenchportraire, from Latinprotrahere“to draw out, show”