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portray

释义

portray

verb transitive

UK /pɔː(r)ˈtreɪ/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	portray
he/she/it	portrays
present participle	portraying
past tense	portrayed
past participle	portrayed

1
to show or describe someone or something in a particular way
portray someone as something:
Opponents portray the president as weak and ineffectual.
portray someone in a good/bad light (=make them seem good or bad):
The newspapers want to portray the project in the worst possible light.
Synonyms and related words
To describe or define something
describe
define
illustrate
1. 1a
  to show something by featuring it in a film, book, play etc
  The book portrays Caribbean society against a background of the French Revolution.
  Synonyms and related words
  Processes in fiction
  allegory
  anthropomorphic
  bathos
2
if an actor portrays a person, they play the part of that person in a film, play etc
Synonyms and related words
To act
act
ad-lib
co-star

portray

verb transitive

US /pɔrˈtreɪ/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	portray
he/she/it	portrays
present participle	portraying
past tense	portrayed
past participle	portrayed

1
to show or describe someone or something in a particular way
portray someone as something:
Opponents portray the president as weak and ineffectual.
portray someone in a good/bad light (=make them seem good or bad):
The newspapers want to portray the project in the worst possible light.
Synonyms and related words
To describe or define something
describe
define
illustrate
1. 1a
  to show something by featuring it in a movie, book, play, etc.
  The book portrays Caribbean society against a background of the French Revolution.
  Synonyms and related words
  Processes in fiction
  allegory
  anthropomorphic
  bathos
2
if an actor portrays a person, they play the part of that person in a movie, play, etc.
Synonyms and related words
To act
act
ad-lib
costar

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