portray
英[pɔː'treɪ]
美[pɔr'tre]
- vt. 描绘；扮演
词态变化
第三人称单数: portrays;过去式: portrayed;过去分词: portrayed;现在分词: portraying;
助记提示
1、por- "forth" + traire "trace, draw" from Latin trahere "drag, draw, pull".
2、字面意思为：trace, draw forth. => draw, paint (something).
中文词源
portray 描绘，描画
来自古法语portraire,描绘，描画，来自por-,向前，traire,拉，来自拉丁语trahere,拉，词源同draw,drawing,tract.字面意思即向前拉，延展，引申词义描绘，描画等。拼写可能受tray影响俗化。
英文词源
- portray (v.)
- mid-13c., "to draw, paint" (something), from Anglo-French purtraire, Old French portraire "to draw, to paint, portray" (12c.), literally "trace, draw forth," from por- "forth" (from Latin pro-; see pro-) + traire "trace, draw," from Latin trahere "to drag, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "depict in words, describe" is from late 14c. Related: Portrayed; portraying.
双语例句
- 1. He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.
- 最近几个月里他努力从更积极的角度来描绘纽约。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. That's what we tried to portray in the book, this feeling of opulence and grandeur.
- 那就是我们在书中竭力描绘的——一种富丽堂皇的气派。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. It would be wrong to portray his life as a calculated ascent to power at any cost.
- 如果把他的一生描述成不惜任何代价一心想向上爬，那就错了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Now, as for the Democrats, they've been able to use this issue quite effectively to portray the president as insensitive.
- 然而，对民主党人来说，他们成功利用了这个问题来渲染总统的麻木不仁。
来自柯林斯例句