portray
verb- portray somebody/something
to show somebody/something in a picture; to describe somebody/something in a piece of writing 描绘；描画；描写 The painting portrays the duke’s third wife. 这幅画描绘了公爵的第三任妻子。 He was one of the first to portray animals from the New World. 他是第一批描绘新大陆动物的人之一。 His war poetry vividly portrays life in the trenches. 他的战地诗生动地描绘了战壕里的生活。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- clearly
- graphically
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- as
- portray somebody/something (as somebody/something)
to describe or show somebody/something in a particular way, especially when this does not give a complete or accurate impression of what they are like 将…描写成；给人以某种印象；表现 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- clearly
- graphically
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- as
- portray somebody/something
to act a particular role in a film or play 扮演（某角色） Her father will be portrayed by Jim Broadbent. 她的父亲将由吉姆·布劳德本特扮演。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire ‘to draw’, from an alteration of Latin trahere.