单词 | portrayal |
释义 | portrayal (pɔːʳtreɪəl ) Word forms: portrayals 1. countable noun [usually singular] An actor's portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character. ...her acclaimed portrayal of Ophelia in Hamlet. [+ of] 2. countable noun An artist's portrayal of something is a drawing, painting, or photograph of it. 'Scene with a Winding River' (1827) is a near-monochrome portrayal of a wood infused with silvery light. ...a moving portrayal of St John the Evangelist by Simone Martini. [+ of] Synonyms: depiction, picture, representation, sketch 3. countable noun [usually singular] The portrayal of something in a book or film is the act of describing it or showing it. This is a sensitive and often funny portrayal of a friendship between two 11-year-old boys. [+ of] ...Leigh's portrayal of English society. Synonyms: description, account, representation 4. countable noun The portrayal of something in a book, film, or programme is the way that it is made to appear. The media persists in its portrayal of us as muggers, dope sellers and gangsters. [+ of] I get criticized for the portrayal of women in that movie. Synonyms: characterization, representation, depiction Collocations: positive portrayal In 39 hours of output examined, researchers found just 44 seconds of positive portrayal. Times, Sunday Times Critical reviews of the series have been generally positive, citing the show's positive portrayal of little people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He saw those portrayals to be primarily negative, while any positive portrayals were considered exceptional by the majority-controlled media. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What was at stake in this realistic portrayal of the incarnation? Christianity Today With its realistic portrayal of ministry, the book will occasionally upset readers with no pastoral experience. Christianity Today Like baseball's, it comes close to a realistic portrayal of a regular-season game. Globe and Mail A thoughtprovoking and often unnervingly realistic portrayal of parenting. The Sun The special effects and realistic portrayal of nuclear war received praise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The series features simple production values and a stereotypical portrayal of low income family life at the turn of the millennium. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stereotypical portrayal of a man utilizes masculine gesture and motion, crisp movements and dance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It contains many stereotypical portrayals of black characters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While at times it shows a sympathetic portrayal of the residents, the brutality of some of their crimes makes for extremely uncomfortable viewing. The Sun The show's sympathetic portrayal of ordinary cops - even in these most cynical times - won it many friends in high places. The Sun This new documentary doesn't exactly paint a sympathetic portrayal of the rebels as they aim to focus minds on the environment. The Sun All of these documentaries have as a common theme the sympathetic portrayal of people who are for various reasons struggling with the behaviours exhibited by mainstream society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had a sympathetic portrayal rather that a comic portrayal of people, often using a dark background to add to the warmth of the person portrayed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Still, a hurtling, galvanising energy ensures this vivid portrayal of an emotive and essential service retains a strong pulse. Times, Sunday Times The characters point and gesture at projected screens, using their hands to control and manipulate what they see in a vivid portrayal of the interaction between man and marvellous machine. Times, Sunday Times You cannot help stopping to take in the intense blue of the sea and vivid portrayal of 17 muscular sailors straining to control their pencil-slim boat through the waves. Times, Sunday Times His tales were marked by his unmistakably mordant dialogue and rich, vivid portrayals of bizarre yet not implausible human societies or worlds. Times, Sunday Times He wrote over 50 proletarian novels and short-stories, all of which carried vivid portrayals of working-class people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 扮演 Japanese: 役を演じること |
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