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/pɔːrˈtreɪ/ · /pɔːˈtreɪ/
To portray someone or something means to show or describe them in a particular way, in a picture, movie, book, or speech. An actor 'portrays' a character by playing that role; a news report might 'portray' a company as careless. The word often invites the question of whether the portrayal is fair or accurate.
描繪；描寫；(演員)飾演
過去式 portrayed過去分詞 portrayed-ing portraying三單 portrays
組成From an old French word meaning 'to draw' or 'to trace out,' the same origin as 'portrait.'
同家族的字
- portraitshares the same root, meaning 'to draw out'
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
portrayverb/pɔːˈtɹeɪ̯/
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To paint or draw the likeness of.
- I will portray a king on horseback.
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To represent by an image or look.
- Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, And in his eies the furies of his heart, That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.
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To describe in words; to convey.
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To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
- For my next movie, I will be portraying Shakespeare.
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obsoleteTo adorn.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。