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单词 depiction
释义
depictde‧pict /dɪˈpɪkt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdepict
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin depictus, past participle of depingere, from pingere ‘to paint’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
depict
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theydepict
he, she, itdepicts
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theydepicted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave depicted
he, she, ithas depicted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad depicted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill depict
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have depicted
Continuous Form
PresentIam depicting
he, she, itis depicting
you, we, theyare depicting
PastI, he, she, itwas depicting
you, we, theywere depicting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been depicting
he, she, ithas been depicting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been depicting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be depicting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been depicting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Critics said the article depicted Latinos negatively.
  • His stories depict life in Trinidad as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
  • In this new biography she is depicted as a lonely and unhappy woman.
  • The California state flag depicts a grizzly bear.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And rather than depicting various hues of political opinion, the new murals make an environmental statement.
  • It comes bundled with Windows 3.1, and a proprietary front-end, which uses graphics to depict the various functions provided.
  • Red cartoon depicting monkeys skating about a typical street with masses of detail.
  • The one clue comes from frescoes and vases that depict griffins protecting a seated Goddess.
  • The reaction to numerous business pressures are depicted in Fig. 1. 6.
  • The transcripts depict Davis weeping with remorse at several points during the confession.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to talk or write about a person, place, event etc, in order to show what they are like: · Could you try and describe the man you saw?· In her book, she describes her journey across the Sahara.· Police described the attack as particularly violent.
to describe someone or something to someone. This phrase is more commonly used than describe in everyday spoken English: · So, tell me about your holiday!· My friends have told me all about you!
formal to describe someone or something in a piece of writing: · His stories depict life in Trinidad as seen through the eyes of a young boy.· In this new biography she is depicted as a lonely and unhappy woman.
formal to describe someone or something in a particular way: · College teachers are often represented on television shows as slightly eccentric.· The magazine has been criticized for the way it portrays women.· The treatment has been portrayed as a painless way of curing cancer, which is simply not true.· Police have represented her as a willing participant in the crimes.
formal to describe someone or something by emphasizing one particular quality or feature about them: · He characterized himself as ‘an average American’.· The successful schools were characterized as innovative and creative.
to describe someone or something, especially in a way that makes people believe something that is not true: · Not all young people are as bad as they’re painted in the press.· We won, yet the media is painting it as a victory for our opponents.· The woman was painted as having only a slight grasp of reality.
to describe a situation, so that people can get a general idea of what it is like: · Can you paint a picture of life in Japan for us?· My uncle’s letters generally painted a rosy picture of how things were.· The report painted a bleak picture of the management’s failures.
Longman Language Activatorto describe someone or something in a way that shows your opinion
to describe someone or something in a particular way that shows your opinion of them: · I wouldn't describe the job as boring, just a little repetitive sometimes.· John describes himself as the intelligent but shy type.· De la Cruz is described as Mexico's greatest woman poet.
to describe the character of someone or something in a particular way, especially with the result that people believe it to be true when it may not be: · A reporter characterized Mrs. Clinton as the most controversial first lady in modern history.· She grew up in a small Wisconsin community which she characterizes as conservative.
to describe someone or something in a negative way, especially incorrectly or unfairly: · Children who are labelled "slow" usually get less attention from teachers.· Critics have unfairly labelled Young a racist.label somebody/something as: · Campbell has labelled the commission's recommendations as sheer nonsense.
formal to describe someone or something in a particular way, especially in a way that makes people have an untrue idea of what they are like: · The magazine has been criticized for the way it portrays women.portray/represent somebody/something as: · The treatment has been portrayed as a painless way of curing cancer, which is untrue.· Police have represented her as a willing participant in the crimes.
to describe someone or something, especially in writing, by providing a lot of details which give a very true idea of what they are like: · His stories depict life in Trinidad as seen through the eyes of a young boy.depict somebody/something as: · In this new biography she is depicted as a lonely and unhappy woman.
: paint a bleak/grim/rosy etc picture to describe in a very pleasant or very unpleasant way, which may be very different from the truth: paint a picture of: · My uncle's letters generally painted a rosy picture of how things were.· He went on to paint a discouraging picture of the problems facing the state.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· In some representations, in the Book of the Dead, the phoenix is depicted as arising from him.· In one later incarnation, she is depicted as severe, with a scalpel and a large pair of pincers.· In particular, both were depicted as multi-headed winged serpents.· Although rhinos have been depicted as rather vicious stampeding animals they are in fact sedentary and often solitary.· Both maintain that there are symbolic representations of the Ultimate whether the Ultimate be depicted as Truth or as the Holy.
· His poetry often depicts labouring class life vividly.· In art, he is often depicted flayed.· Shields carried by Middenheim troops often depict the wolf in some guise or other.· Hercules is often depicted holding a club and draped with a lion's hide.· Posters continue to fascinate and so often depict one-off, rare or even imaginary aircraft.
· Minerva, like Athene, was usually depicted wearing a helmet and armour and carrying a lance and shield.· Caring is usually depicted as a one-way relationship.· Dionysius was usually depicted with the flanks of a goat or bull to symbolise his fertility aspect.· El was usually depicted as a seated figure wearing bull's horns, the symbol of strength and fertility.
NOUN
· Red cartoon depicting monkeys skating about a typical street with masses of detail.
· The original version of the model is depicted in Figure 8.· A possible scenario is depicted in Figure 2.3.· I have this postcard depicting an allegorical figure of Strength.· This entire processing apparatus is depicted in Figure 10.· This causal ordering is depicted in the figure with the arrows and the numbering of each variable.· El was usually depicted as a seated figure wearing bull's horns, the symbol of strength and fertility.· This simple situation is depicted in Figure 7.3.· It is depicted in Figure 1.1.
· Izvestia said the film depicted soldiers temporarily burying rebel bodies for possible later identification by relatives.· Pornographic movie houses often specialize in films depicting violence against women.· In fact, to a remarkable extent popular media such as the press, films and television do depict deviant women.
· Never was he distressed but smiled with a grin fixed to his face without changing, depicting his life.· Firstly, it depicted the life of a mentally handicapped person as being unrewarding, unstimulating and confined.· Arachne's contribution was a woven hanging on which she had depicted the lives and loves of the gods.· His poetry often depicts labouring class life vividly.· It depicts the Life of St Clement.
· The photograph depicted two naked men, engaged in one of the most nauseating of homosexual acts.· Among the items scientists have unearthed are four-inch clay figurines depicting men wearing hip and shoulder pads.· From 200 metres we fired single shots at the targets depicting charging men holding machine guns.· The triangle was centered in a bronze frieze depicting men guiding boys on golden playing fields.
· Around the Golden Throne was a mural depicting a magnificent sun sending its rays across the heavens.· The outer lobbies of these enterprises often feature murals depicting satellite launches, jet travel, or electronic laser shows.· In the excavated tombs there, the legacy of Koguryo lives in the murals depicting warriors on horseback.· The student newspaper gave on-going front-page coverage to the issue and a mural was painted depicting the struggle.
· The museum does depict Stalin unsympathetically.· Shiver as you walk through this animated museum depicting scenes from Stoker's spine-chiller.
· They carried huge canvas paintings depicting scenes from the Bible and classical times.· The altar bears a painting by J. Schlemüller depicting the murder of St Wenceslas by his brother.· In old Mayan paintings musicians are depicted striking a tortoiseshell with a forked stick.· This is not to say that all history paintings depict nudes.
· There are 16 panels depicting high relief figures on a low relief and incised background.
· This scene is depicted at Avioth and in other Black Virgin churches.· This scene is depicted in bas-relief on the plinth of the Scott memorial, Plymouth.· The scene depicts a forest, with flora and fauna changing with the seasons.· Intensely painted scenes depict the gruesome martyrdom of countless saints.· The scene has been depicted in many a movie and Western novel, but the fact is, it probably never happened.
· Both masters and men moreover chose to depict women as wilful and capricious.· Pornographic movie houses often specialize in films depicting violence against women.· In fact, to a remarkable extent popular media such as the press, films and television do depict deviant women.
· The heart of the park will feature models made entirely of Lego bricks depicting scenes and world famous architectural sites.· It depicts a small-town world adjusting itself for an event it was certain would come to pass.· Included in the show are works of Ricardo Gonzalez Elias, who depicts a world of blindness.
 to describe something or someone in writing or speech, or to show them in a painting, picture etc:  a book depicting life in pre-revolutionary Russiadepict somebody/something as something The god is depicted as a bird with a human head.► see thesaurus at describe—depiction /dɪˈpɪkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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