Definition of portray in English:

portray

verb pɔːˈtreɪpɔrˈtreɪ

[with object]

1Depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.
（在艺术或文学作品中）描述，刻画
the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh
伊夫林·沃所刻画的无能的牛津-剑桥学监。
Example sentencesExamples
- Some of the characters do not yet have pictures to portray them.
- His rich experience in the field helps him portray each character better year after year.
- The author made extensive use of surviving manuscripts to portray Nelson ‘in all his paradoxical complexity’.
- The author also portrays Margaret's husband John not as the militant Protestant of some portrayals, but very supportive of his wife.
- An artist himself, Bridges was drawn to portraying an illustrator.
- At its worst, the literature portrays the professor as a rusty wheel ignoring the paradigm shift.
- Pictures portraying people, birds, animals used to be very popular on seals.
- In literature, novels began portraying a world in which the options offered to ‘real men’ were far more complicated than ever before.
- The author also skillfully portrays nonevents.
- The author deftly portrays Mitchell's cavalier attitude toward the proceedings and his consequent massacre at the hands of an able prosecutor.
- Interestingly, the Torah is unique among all ancient national literature in that it portrays its people in both victory and defeat.
- While pictures often portray the man sneering down his nose at the camera, in person he is strikingly soft-spoken, almost courtly.
- He painted and drew the beautiful women of Belle Epoch, portraying the beauty ideal of his time, and for this reason succeeded in earning phenomenal recognition even while still alive.
- Early depictions of Cain portray him as a bearded man holding a sheaf of grain in one hand and vine-bearing grapes in the other.
- One side of the book portrays the brutality of colonization; the other depicts the determined resistance of campesinos.
- Not only does the painting portray these illnesses, it also depicts many of the methods used in the hospital to cure them.
- Rather, Thai children's literature portrays cultural practices and values through both explicit instructions and implicit morals.
- It is tempting for trendy writers to portray him as a tool of rich imperialists oppressing the poor convicts.
- Painters, photographers and ceramicists portrayed them, and illustrators produced cartoons about them.
- This new portrait, now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery, depicts a rather more mature-looking Bill, while still portraying his huge sense of fun.
Synonyms
paint, draw, paint/draw a picture of, picture, sketch, depict, represent, illustrate, present, show, render
literary limn
describe, depict, characterize, represent, delineate, present, show, paint in words, evoke
1. 1.1 Describe (someone or something) in a particular way.
  描写
  the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist
  该书把他描写成了一个自私自利的野心家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  People recite poems, or act out little skits to portray their feelings.
  The influence of such groups allows the media to portray reporting as responsible and providing ‘balance’.
  Other reports, however, appear to portray a system in deep financial trouble.
  Teenagers are often portrayed in a negative way, often linked with reports of anti-social behaviour and crime.
  However my maid had gleefully portrayed to me the details of his handsome countenance.
  By 1999, its annual report was portraying it as the champion of the new economy.
  Do the cameras and reporters only see, or want to portray, the demeaning of America?
  Much of the teachings in Buddhism are portrayed through a narrative framework.
  The report does, however, portray a torrid tale of arrogance and incompetence by the company's management.
  All these descriptions of Scotland portray Scotland as a place where the agents of darkness have shrouded the land.
  An actor who feels he has served his time, he is angered by reports that portray him as an over night success and is not prepared to underestimate his value now.
  Or at least reporters would be less able to portray the movement as divided.
  I will table the report, because the member is portraying it incorrectly - for political purposes, I think.
  The reports also portray a shocking tale of work almost without break and poor living conditions.
  Our room was not exactly how the description on the leaflet had portrayed it.
  The Kaiser report says it's the rare program that portrays sex with any risks or consequences.
  Detailed research allows the group to portray aspects of later Roman life which have, until recently, been largely overlooked.
  Itinerant and illiterate, the Ma portrayed in Chinese newspaper reports was not a model citizen.
  Graffiti has reached epidemic proportions spurred on by commercial concerns portraying it as ‘cool’, says a report published today.
  The compilation of this report if attempting to portray an unbiased account should have mentioned the Palestinian casualties.
  Synonyms
  represent, depict, characterize, describe, present
2. 1.2 (of an actor) play the part of (someone) in a film or play.
  （演员在电影或戏剧中）表现；扮演，饰演
  he chose Trevor Howard to portray Captain Bligh
  他选择让特雷弗·霍华德来扮演布莱船长。
  Example sentencesExamples
  See if you can guess the famous actors portraying these characters.
  Yet for all of this strength and perseverance, the film portrays Theresa as a flawed person who has not risen above her dysfunctional roots, however much it may seem so.
  I can't be alone in being alarmed at the significance of the film portraying a woman as the perpetrator of violence.
  I have no qualms about talented straight actors portraying gay characters as long as they play the role completely and uncompromisingly.
  In fact, all the actors portraying the historical figures do so with such accuracy that it makes the film all the funnier.
  As is always the case when a film contains an abnormal character, the actor portraying him takes the spotlight.
  The film also portrays Pilate's wife Claudia as a kind of heroine.
  The actor portraying the central character in that film wasn't a disabled person either but I would argue that it didn't matter.
  When an actress portrays a character, viewers see her emotions physically, on her face and in her body.
  Winners received a trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, and got to ask their questions in person to an actor portraying the first president.
  Since the Second World War all Hollywood films have portrayed the US as victors, never mentioning the Europeans.
  Voice acting is generally quite good, though from time to time you can expect to come across some truly awful actors portraying some of the characters.
  Around you are other guests, actors portraying guests, and a large cast of Nunzio and Vitale family members and friends.
  Law's testimony is interspersed with readings by actors portraying witnesses and victims, taken from survivors' accounts and letters mailed to Law's office.
  We firmly believe that a film which portrays someone dying is not for public viewing.
  Actors portraying actual historical persons usually have scant resemblance to them.
  Later, Christensen takes another break from the action to cut to a close-up of a different actress portraying an elderly woman suspected of witchcraft.
  The actors portray actors in an old fashioned music hall putting on a production of the musical.
  When an actor can portray a character so well as to evoke a sincere and visceral hatred from a viewer, he has truly done his job well.
  Three of the four children are portrayed by actors in their first major roles.
  Synonyms
  play the part of, play, act the part of, take the role of, act, represent, appear as
  rare personate

Derivatives

portrayable

adjective

portrayer

noun pɔːˈtreɪəpɔrˈtreɪər

I suppose Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller was the ichiban Tarzan portrayer and Maureen O'Sullivan with prototypical Jane.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of filmdom's most popular portrayers of British secret agent ‘007,’ is in Indonesia, but not to film a new James Bond movie.
- The portrayal eclipses the portrayer, which is always a good sign.
- Local stations received additional support, as all winners joined the George Washington portrayer in taping a public service announcement which was then sent to local affiliates.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire 'to draw', from an alteration of Latin trahere.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of portray in US English:

portray

verbpɔrˈtreɪpôrˈtrā

[with object]

1Depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.
（在艺术或文学作品中）描述，刻画
the author wanted to portray a new type of hero
Example sentencesExamples
- His rich experience in the field helps him portray each character better year after year.
- This new portrait, now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery, depicts a rather more mature-looking Bill, while still portraying his huge sense of fun.
- The author made extensive use of surviving manuscripts to portray Nelson ‘in all his paradoxical complexity’.
- Early depictions of Cain portray him as a bearded man holding a sheaf of grain in one hand and vine-bearing grapes in the other.
- At its worst, the literature portrays the professor as a rusty wheel ignoring the paradigm shift.
- While pictures often portray the man sneering down his nose at the camera, in person he is strikingly soft-spoken, almost courtly.
- The author also skillfully portrays nonevents.
- One side of the book portrays the brutality of colonization; the other depicts the determined resistance of campesinos.
- Interestingly, the Torah is unique among all ancient national literature in that it portrays its people in both victory and defeat.
- The author also portrays Margaret's husband John not as the militant Protestant of some portrayals, but very supportive of his wife.
- Pictures portraying people, birds, animals used to be very popular on seals.
- An artist himself, Bridges was drawn to portraying an illustrator.
- Painters, photographers and ceramicists portrayed them, and illustrators produced cartoons about them.
- Some of the characters do not yet have pictures to portray them.
- Not only does the painting portray these illnesses, it also depicts many of the methods used in the hospital to cure them.
- The author deftly portrays Mitchell's cavalier attitude toward the proceedings and his consequent massacre at the hands of an able prosecutor.
- It is tempting for trendy writers to portray him as a tool of rich imperialists oppressing the poor convicts.
- He painted and drew the beautiful women of Belle Epoch, portraying the beauty ideal of his time, and for this reason succeeded in earning phenomenal recognition even while still alive.
- Rather, Thai children's literature portrays cultural practices and values through both explicit instructions and implicit morals.
- In literature, novels began portraying a world in which the options offered to ‘real men’ were far more complicated than ever before.
Synonyms
paint, draw, draw a picture of, paint a picture of, picture, sketch, depict, represent, illustrate, present, show, render
describe, depict, characterize, represent, delineate, present, show, paint in words, evoke
1. 1.1with object Describe (someone or something) in a particular way.
  描写
  the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist
  该书把他描写成了一个自私自利的野心家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our room was not exactly how the description on the leaflet had portrayed it.
  Detailed research allows the group to portray aspects of later Roman life which have, until recently, been largely overlooked.
  Graffiti has reached epidemic proportions spurred on by commercial concerns portraying it as ‘cool’, says a report published today.
  Teenagers are often portrayed in a negative way, often linked with reports of anti-social behaviour and crime.
  People recite poems, or act out little skits to portray their feelings.
  Much of the teachings in Buddhism are portrayed through a narrative framework.
  An actor who feels he has served his time, he is angered by reports that portray him as an over night success and is not prepared to underestimate his value now.
  I will table the report, because the member is portraying it incorrectly - for political purposes, I think.
  Itinerant and illiterate, the Ma portrayed in Chinese newspaper reports was not a model citizen.
  Do the cameras and reporters only see, or want to portray, the demeaning of America?
  The reports also portray a shocking tale of work almost without break and poor living conditions.
  All these descriptions of Scotland portray Scotland as a place where the agents of darkness have shrouded the land.
  The Kaiser report says it's the rare program that portrays sex with any risks or consequences.
  Other reports, however, appear to portray a system in deep financial trouble.
  Or at least reporters would be less able to portray the movement as divided.
  By 1999, its annual report was portraying it as the champion of the new economy.
  However my maid had gleefully portrayed to me the details of his handsome countenance.
  The report does, however, portray a torrid tale of arrogance and incompetence by the company's management.
  The influence of such groups allows the media to portray reporting as responsible and providing ‘balance’.
  The compilation of this report if attempting to portray an unbiased account should have mentioned the Palestinian casualties.
  Synonyms
  represent, depict, characterize, describe, present
2. 1.2 (of an actor) represent or play the part of (someone) on film or stage.
  （演员在电影或戏剧中）表现；扮演，饰演
  he tossed his affable TV persona aside to portray a merciless mobster
  Example sentencesExamples
  Three of the four children are portrayed by actors in their first major roles.
  The film also portrays Pilate's wife Claudia as a kind of heroine.
  I have no qualms about talented straight actors portraying gay characters as long as they play the role completely and uncompromisingly.
  I can't be alone in being alarmed at the significance of the film portraying a woman as the perpetrator of violence.
  See if you can guess the famous actors portraying these characters.
  When an actress portrays a character, viewers see her emotions physically, on her face and in her body.
  As is always the case when a film contains an abnormal character, the actor portraying him takes the spotlight.
  When an actor can portray a character so well as to evoke a sincere and visceral hatred from a viewer, he has truly done his job well.
  Voice acting is generally quite good, though from time to time you can expect to come across some truly awful actors portraying some of the characters.
  In fact, all the actors portraying the historical figures do so with such accuracy that it makes the film all the funnier.
  Winners received a trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, and got to ask their questions in person to an actor portraying the first president.
  The actors portray actors in an old fashioned music hall putting on a production of the musical.
  Since the Second World War all Hollywood films have portrayed the US as victors, never mentioning the Europeans.
  The actor portraying the central character in that film wasn't a disabled person either but I would argue that it didn't matter.
  Yet for all of this strength and perseverance, the film portrays Theresa as a flawed person who has not risen above her dysfunctional roots, however much it may seem so.
  We firmly believe that a film which portrays someone dying is not for public viewing.
  Law's testimony is interspersed with readings by actors portraying witnesses and victims, taken from survivors' accounts and letters mailed to Law's office.
  Later, Christensen takes another break from the action to cut to a close-up of a different actress portraying an elderly woman suspected of witchcraft.
  Around you are other guests, actors portraying guests, and a large cast of Nunzio and Vitale family members and friends.
  Actors portraying actual historical persons usually have scant resemblance to them.
  Synonyms
  play the part of, play, act the part of, take the role of, act, represent, appear as

Origin

Middle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire ‘to draw’, from an alteration of Latin trahere.

词汇	portray
释义	Definition of portray in English: portray verb pɔːˈtreɪpɔrˈtreɪ [with object] 1Depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature. （在艺术或文学作品中）描述，刻画 the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh 伊夫林·沃所刻画的无能的牛津-剑桥学监。 Example sentencesExamples Some of the characters do not yet have pictures to portray them. His rich experience in the field helps him portray each character better year after year. The author made extensive use of surviving manuscripts to portray Nelson ‘in all his paradoxical complexity’. The author also portrays Margaret's husband John not as the militant Protestant of some portrayals, but very supportive of his wife. An artist himself, Bridges was drawn to portraying an illustrator. At its worst, the literature portrays the professor as a rusty wheel ignoring the paradigm shift. Pictures portraying people, birds, animals used to be very popular on seals. In literature, novels began portraying a world in which the options offered to ‘real men’ were far more complicated than ever before. The author also skillfully portrays nonevents. The author deftly portrays Mitchell's cavalier attitude toward the proceedings and his consequent massacre at the hands of an able prosecutor. Interestingly, the Torah is unique among all ancient national literature in that it portrays its people in both victory and defeat. While pictures often portray the man sneering down his nose at the camera, in person he is strikingly soft-spoken, almost courtly. He painted and drew the beautiful women of Belle Epoch, portraying the beauty ideal of his time, and for this reason succeeded in earning phenomenal recognition even while still alive. Early depictions of Cain portray him as a bearded man holding a sheaf of grain in one hand and vine-bearing grapes in the other. One side of the book portrays the brutality of colonization; the other depicts the determined resistance of campesinos. Not only does the painting portray these illnesses, it also depicts many of the methods used in the hospital to cure them. Rather, Thai children's literature portrays cultural practices and values through both explicit instructions and implicit morals. It is tempting for trendy writers to portray him as a tool of rich imperialists oppressing the poor convicts. Painters, photographers and ceramicists portrayed them, and illustrators produced cartoons about them. This new portrait, now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery, depicts a rather more mature-looking Bill, while still portraying his huge sense of fun. Synonyms paint, draw, paint/draw a picture of, picture, sketch, depict, represent, illustrate, present, show, render literary limn describe, depict, characterize, represent, delineate, present, show, paint in words, evoke 1.1 Describe (someone or something) in a particular way. 描写 the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist 该书把他描写成了一个自私自利的野心家。 Example sentencesExamples People recite poems, or act out little skits to portray their feelings. The influence of such groups allows the media to portray reporting as responsible and providing ‘balance’. Other reports, however, appear to portray a system in deep financial trouble. Teenagers are often portrayed in a negative way, often linked with reports of anti-social behaviour and crime. However my maid had gleefully portrayed to me the details of his handsome countenance. By 1999, its annual report was portraying it as the champion of the new economy. Do the cameras and reporters only see, or want to portray, the demeaning of America? Much of the teachings in Buddhism are portrayed through a narrative framework. The report does, however, portray a torrid tale of arrogance and incompetence by the company's management. All these descriptions of Scotland portray Scotland as a place where the agents of darkness have shrouded the land. An actor who feels he has served his time, he is angered by reports that portray him as an over night success and is not prepared to underestimate his value now. Or at least reporters would be less able to portray the movement as divided. I will table the report, because the member is portraying it incorrectly - for political purposes, I think. The reports also portray a shocking tale of work almost without break and poor living conditions. Our room was not exactly how the description on the leaflet had portrayed it. The Kaiser report says it's the rare program that portrays sex with any risks or consequences. Detailed research allows the group to portray aspects of later Roman life which have, until recently, been largely overlooked. Itinerant and illiterate, the Ma portrayed in Chinese newspaper reports was not a model citizen. Graffiti has reached epidemic proportions spurred on by commercial concerns portraying it as ‘cool’, says a report published today. The compilation of this report if attempting to portray an unbiased account should have mentioned the Palestinian casualties. Synonyms represent, depict, characterize, describe, present 1.2 (of an actor) play the part of (someone) in a film or play. （演员在电影或戏剧中）表现；扮演，饰演 he chose Trevor Howard to portray Captain Bligh 他选择让特雷弗·霍华德来扮演布莱船长。 Example sentencesExamples See if you can guess the famous actors portraying these characters. Yet for all of this strength and perseverance, the film portrays Theresa as a flawed person who has not risen above her dysfunctional roots, however much it may seem so. I can't be alone in being alarmed at the significance of the film portraying a woman as the perpetrator of violence. I have no qualms about talented straight actors portraying gay characters as long as they play the role completely and uncompromisingly. In fact, all the actors portraying the historical figures do so with such accuracy that it makes the film all the funnier. As is always the case when a film contains an abnormal character, the actor portraying him takes the spotlight. The film also portrays Pilate's wife Claudia as a kind of heroine. The actor portraying the central character in that film wasn't a disabled person either but I would argue that it didn't matter. When an actress portrays a character, viewers see her emotions physically, on her face and in her body. Winners received a trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, and got to ask their questions in person to an actor portraying the first president. Since the Second World War all Hollywood films have portrayed the US as victors, never mentioning the Europeans. Voice acting is generally quite good, though from time to time you can expect to come across some truly awful actors portraying some of the characters. Around you are other guests, actors portraying guests, and a large cast of Nunzio and Vitale family members and friends. Law's testimony is interspersed with readings by actors portraying witnesses and victims, taken from survivors' accounts and letters mailed to Law's office. We firmly believe that a film which portrays someone dying is not for public viewing. Actors portraying actual historical persons usually have scant resemblance to them. Later, Christensen takes another break from the action to cut to a close-up of a different actress portraying an elderly woman suspected of witchcraft. The actors portray actors in an old fashioned music hall putting on a production of the musical. When an actor can portray a character so well as to evoke a sincere and visceral hatred from a viewer, he has truly done his job well. Three of the four children are portrayed by actors in their first major roles. Synonyms play the part of, play, act the part of, take the role of, act, represent, appear as rare personate Derivatives portrayable adjective portrayer noun pɔːˈtreɪəpɔrˈtreɪər I suppose Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller was the ichiban Tarzan portrayer and Maureen O'Sullivan with prototypical Jane. Example sentencesExamples One of filmdom's most popular portrayers of British secret agent ‘007,’ is in Indonesia, but not to film a new James Bond movie. The portrayal eclipses the portrayer, which is always a good sign. Local stations received additional support, as all winners joined the George Washington portrayer in taping a public service announcement which was then sent to local affiliates. Origin Middle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire 'to draw', from an alteration of Latin trahere. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of portray in US English: portray verbpɔrˈtreɪpôrˈtrā [with object] 1Depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature. （在艺术或文学作品中）描述，刻画 the author wanted to portray a new type of hero Example sentencesExamples His rich experience in the field helps him portray each character better year after year. This new portrait, now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery, depicts a rather more mature-looking Bill, while still portraying his huge sense of fun. The author made extensive use of surviving manuscripts to portray Nelson ‘in all his paradoxical complexity’. Early depictions of Cain portray him as a bearded man holding a sheaf of grain in one hand and vine-bearing grapes in the other. At its worst, the literature portrays the professor as a rusty wheel ignoring the paradigm shift. While pictures often portray the man sneering down his nose at the camera, in person he is strikingly soft-spoken, almost courtly. The author also skillfully portrays nonevents. One side of the book portrays the brutality of colonization; the other depicts the determined resistance of campesinos. Interestingly, the Torah is unique among all ancient national literature in that it portrays its people in both victory and defeat. The author also portrays Margaret's husband John not as the militant Protestant of some portrayals, but very supportive of his wife. Pictures portraying people, birds, animals used to be very popular on seals. An artist himself, Bridges was drawn to portraying an illustrator. Painters, photographers and ceramicists portrayed them, and illustrators produced cartoons about them. Some of the characters do not yet have pictures to portray them. Not only does the painting portray these illnesses, it also depicts many of the methods used in the hospital to cure them. The author deftly portrays Mitchell's cavalier attitude toward the proceedings and his consequent massacre at the hands of an able prosecutor. It is tempting for trendy writers to portray him as a tool of rich imperialists oppressing the poor convicts. He painted and drew the beautiful women of Belle Epoch, portraying the beauty ideal of his time, and for this reason succeeded in earning phenomenal recognition even while still alive. Rather, Thai children's literature portrays cultural practices and values through both explicit instructions and implicit morals. In literature, novels began portraying a world in which the options offered to ‘real men’ were far more complicated than ever before. Synonyms paint, draw, draw a picture of, paint a picture of, picture, sketch, depict, represent, illustrate, present, show, render describe, depict, characterize, represent, delineate, present, show, paint in words, evoke 1.1with object Describe (someone or something) in a particular way. 描写 the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist 该书把他描写成了一个自私自利的野心家。 Example sentencesExamples Our room was not exactly how the description on the leaflet had portrayed it. Detailed research allows the group to portray aspects of later Roman life which have, until recently, been largely overlooked. Graffiti has reached epidemic proportions spurred on by commercial concerns portraying it as ‘cool’, says a report published today. Teenagers are often portrayed in a negative way, often linked with reports of anti-social behaviour and crime. People recite poems, or act out little skits to portray their feelings. Much of the teachings in Buddhism are portrayed through a narrative framework. An actor who feels he has served his time, he is angered by reports that portray him as an over night success and is not prepared to underestimate his value now. I will table the report, because the member is portraying it incorrectly - for political purposes, I think. Itinerant and illiterate, the Ma portrayed in Chinese newspaper reports was not a model citizen. Do the cameras and reporters only see, or want to portray, the demeaning of America? The reports also portray a shocking tale of work almost without break and poor living conditions. All these descriptions of Scotland portray Scotland as a place where the agents of darkness have shrouded the land. The Kaiser report says it's the rare program that portrays sex with any risks or consequences. Other reports, however, appear to portray a system in deep financial trouble. Or at least reporters would be less able to portray the movement as divided. By 1999, its annual report was portraying it as the champion of the new economy. However my maid had gleefully portrayed to me the details of his handsome countenance. The report does, however, portray a torrid tale of arrogance and incompetence by the company's management. The influence of such groups allows the media to portray reporting as responsible and providing ‘balance’. The compilation of this report if attempting to portray an unbiased account should have mentioned the Palestinian casualties. Synonyms represent, depict, characterize, describe, present 1.2 (of an actor) represent or play the part of (someone) on film or stage. （演员在电影或戏剧中）表现；扮演，饰演 he tossed his affable TV persona aside to portray a merciless mobster Example sentencesExamples Three of the four children are portrayed by actors in their first major roles. The film also portrays Pilate's wife Claudia as a kind of heroine. I have no qualms about talented straight actors portraying gay characters as long as they play the role completely and uncompromisingly. I can't be alone in being alarmed at the significance of the film portraying a woman as the perpetrator of violence. See if you can guess the famous actors portraying these characters. When an actress portrays a character, viewers see her emotions physically, on her face and in her body. As is always the case when a film contains an abnormal character, the actor portraying him takes the spotlight. When an actor can portray a character so well as to evoke a sincere and visceral hatred from a viewer, he has truly done his job well. Voice acting is generally quite good, though from time to time you can expect to come across some truly awful actors portraying some of the characters. In fact, all the actors portraying the historical figures do so with such accuracy that it makes the film all the funnier. Winners received a trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, and got to ask their questions in person to an actor portraying the first president. The actors portray actors in an old fashioned music hall putting on a production of the musical. Since the Second World War all Hollywood films have portrayed the US as victors, never mentioning the Europeans. The actor portraying the central character in that film wasn't a disabled person either but I would argue that it didn't matter. Yet for all of this strength and perseverance, the film portrays Theresa as a flawed person who has not risen above her dysfunctional roots, however much it may seem so. We firmly believe that a film which portrays someone dying is not for public viewing. Law's testimony is interspersed with readings by actors portraying witnesses and victims, taken from survivors' accounts and letters mailed to Law's office. Later, Christensen takes another break from the action to cut to a close-up of a different actress portraying an elderly woman suspected of witchcraft. Around you are other guests, actors portraying guests, and a large cast of Nunzio and Vitale family members and friends. Actors portraying actual historical persons usually have scant resemblance to them. Synonyms play the part of, play, act the part of, take the role of, act, represent, appear as Origin Middle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire ‘to draw’, from an alteration of Latin trahere.
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