• vt. 描繪；扮演

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)portraire,描繪，描畫(huà)，來(lái)自por-,向前，traire,拉，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)trahere,拉，詞源同draw,drawing,tract.字面意思即向前拉，延展，引申詞義描繪，描畫(huà)等。拼寫(xiě)可能受tray影響俗化。

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.

1. He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.

最近幾個(gè)月里他努力從更積極的角度來(lái)描繪紐約。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. That's what we tried to portray in the book, this feeling of opulence and grandeur.

那就是我們?cè)跁?shū)中竭力描繪的——一種富麗堂皇的氣派。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.

人們?nèi)匀徽J(rèn)為在戲劇或電影中再現(xiàn)基督的形象是不妥當(dāng)?shù)?

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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價(jià)一心想向上爬，那就錯(cuò)了。

來(lái)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，對(duì)民主黨人來(lái)說(shuō)，他們成功利用了這個(gè)問(wèn)題來(lái)渲染總統(tǒng)的麻木不仁。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句