portray /pɔːˈtreɪ/ CET6 TEM4 ( portraying, portrayed, portrays )

• 1. 

  V-T When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or movie. 扮演

  例：

  In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of "Camelot."

  1975年他在洛杉矶重演的戏剧《卡米洛特》中扮演国王。

• 2. 

  V-T When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it. 描绘 (事物)

  例：

  The film portrays a culture of young people who live in lower Manhattan.

  这部电影描绘了在下曼哈顿地区生活的青年人文化。

• 3. 

  V-T If a movie, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way. (以某种方式) 刻画 (某人)

  例：

  ...complaints about the way women are portrayed in ads.

  …不满于广告中对妇女的刻画方式。