portrayal

por·tray·al

P0460900 (pôr-trā′əl)n.1. The act or process of portraying someone or something: his brilliant portrayal of the leading role.2. A representation or description: a detailed portrayal of living conditions.

por•tray•al

(pɔrˈtreɪ əl, poʊr-)

n. 1. the act of portraying. 2. a portrait.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and characterportrait, portraiturecharacterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting, picture - a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
	2.	portrayal - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesturepersonation, characterization, enactmentacting, performing, playacting, playing - the performance of a part or role in a dramaimpression - an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"persona, theatrical role, role, character, part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
	3.	portrayal - a representation by picture or portraituredepicting, portraying, depictionrepresentational process - any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something elsemirror - a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend"
	4.	portrayal - any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits"portraithalf-length - a portrait showing the body from only the waist uplikeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thingself-portrait - a portrait of yourself created by yourself
	5.	portrayal - representation by drawing or painting etcdelineation, depictionpictorial representation, picturing - visual representation as by photography or paintingportraiture - the activity of making portraits

portrayal

noun1. performance, interpretation, enacting, take (informal, chiefly U.S.), acting, impersonation, performance as, characterization, personation (rare) He is well known for his portrayal of a prison guard in 'The Last Emperor'.2. depiction, picture, representation, sketch, rendering, delineation a near-monochrome portrayal of a wood infused with silvery light3. description, account, representation an often funny portrayal of a friendship between two boys4. characterization, representation, depiction The media persists in its portrayal of us as muggers and dope sellers.

portrayal

nounThe act or process of describing in lifelike imagery:delineation, depiction, description, expression, representation.

Translations

描写描绘

portray

(poːˈtrei) verb1. to make a portrait of. In this painting, the king is portrayed sitting on his throne. 描繪(肖像等) 描绘（肖像等） 2. to act the part of. the actor who portrays Hamlet. 扮演 扮演portrayal (poːˈtreiəl) noun the act of portraying. 描繪，描寫 描绘，描写