portray
- IPA[pôrˈtrā]
美式
- depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature;describe (someone or something) in a particular way
verb: portray, 3rd person present: portrays, gerund or present participle: portraying, past tense: portrayed, past participle: portrayed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature the author wanted to portray a new type of hero 同義詞
- ▪ describe (someone or something) in a particular way the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist 同義詞
- ▪ (of an actor) represent or play the part of (someone) on film or stage he tossed his affable TV persona aside to portray a merciless mobster 同義詞
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- IPA[pɔːˈtreɪ]
英式
- depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature: the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh
Oxford Dictionary