| 单词 | portray |
| 释义 | portray (once / 511 pages) v When you paint a picture of someone, either in words or in paint, you portray them. Actors portray characters too. Whether you're talking about acting or another art form, the idea is the same: representing a person and bringing to light their most important qualities. To portray a person is to show who that person is, giving a sense of their personality or character. Often, famous people don't like how they're portrayed. For example, Presidents usually hate how they're portrayed in editorial cartoons. When you portray someone, you can be positive or negative, accurate or inaccurate. It's up to you. WORD FAMILYportray: portraitist, portraiture, portrayal, portrayed, portrayer, portraying, portrays+/portraitist: portraitists/portraiture: portraitures/portrayal: portrayals/portrayer: portrayers/portraying: portrayings USAGE EXAMPLESBillboards, TV and radio adverts all portrayed him as the face of a state hungry for success and growth. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) He is one of several local celebrities portrayed in the artwork, including chef Daniel Boulud. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The American Beverage Institute portrayed it as “criminalizing perfectly responsible behavior.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting Syn|Hypo|Hyper present commend present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence interpret, represent create an image or likeness of 2v make a portrait of Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba Syn|Hyper depict, limn interpret, represent create an image or likeness of 3v portray in words The book portrays the actor as a selfish person Hyper represent serve as a means of expressing something 4v assume or act the character of The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man Syn|Hyper impersonate act, play, represent play a role or part |
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