Portray
[ pɔr'tre ]
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vt. 画像;描述;描绘;描画;
💡 词根助记
por(forward)+tray(draw)→画像；描绘
📝 例句
It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.
人们仍然认为在戏剧或电影中再现基督的形象是不妥当的.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“泡吹”:图上描画着一个小孩在吹泡泡
※ port-港口,ray-光线:港口的光线,夜暮描美景
※ port-港口,ray-光线:我在港口昏暗光线下扮演一个小偷
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-strict-表示“拉紧”
常见变体有-stress-、-strain-、-string-
📖 牛津释义
portray
v[Tn, Cn.n/a]
~ sb (as sb/sth)
1 make a picture of sb 为某人画像; 画某人的像
She is portrayed wearing her coronation robes. 给她画的是她穿著加冕礼服的像.
a picture of the general portraying him as a Greek hero 把这位将军画成希腊英雄的一幅画.
2 describe sb/sth in words 描述或描写某人[某事物]
The diary portrays his family as quarrelsome and malicious. 日记中描述了他家反宅乱的事.
3 act the part of sb or represent sth in a play, etc （在戏剧等中）扮演某人或表现某事物
She frowned and stamped her feet to portray anger, eg in a mime. 她又皱眉头又跺脚表示生气（如在哑剧中）.
🎯 考研助记
请 描绘港口(port)光线(ray) “怕吹”(谐音):怕是吹牛，先 描绘下来 网友：yqy补充： port港口，ray光线：港口的光线好，适合写生－－画、描写
🔁 扩展释义
*[pɒ:'trei]vt. 描绘, 描写, 描绘...的肖像
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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That is all he can have now.
这是他现在所能得到的一切。
Ships carry live sheep to markets in he Middle East where they are killed at festivals.
轮船将活羊运送到中东市场供凶日宰杀。
He read many books and paused in his work at six every evening for prayers, even when he was with other world leaders.
他阅读很多的书，每天傍晚六点钟，他就要暂时停下工作去做祈祷，甚至与世界上别的领袖在一起时也这样。