portray
英 [pɔː'treɪ]
美[pɔr'tre]
TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6GRE中低频词常用词汇
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【sī】为:trace, draw forth. => draw, paint (something).
中文词源
portray 描绘,描画来自古法语portraire,描绘【huì】,描【miáo】画【huà】,来自【zì】por-,向前【qián】,traire,拉,来自拉丁语【yǔ】trahere,拉,词源同draw,drawing,tract.字面【miàn】意思即向前拉【lā】,延展,引申词【cí】义描【miáo】绘,描画等【děng】。拼写可能受tray影【yǐng】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【rán】而,对民主党人来说,他们成功利用【yòng】了这个问题【tí】来【lái】渲染总统的麻木不仁。
来自柯林斯例句