Portray
[ pɔr'tre ]
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vt. 画像;描述;描绘;描画;
💡 词根助记
por(forward)+tray(draw)→画像；描绘
📝 例句
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.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“泡吹”:图上描画着一个小孩在吹泡泡
※ port-港口,ray-光线:港口的光线,夜暮描美景
※ port-港口,ray-光线:我在港口昏暗光线下扮演一个小偷
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-strict-表示“拉紧”
常见变体有-stress-、-strain-、-string-
📖 牛津释义
portray
v[Tn, Cn.n/a]
~ sb (as sb/sth)
1 make a picture of sb 为某人画像; 画某人的像
She is portrayed wearing her coronation robes. 给她画的是她穿著加冕礼服的像.
a picture of the general portraying him as a Greek hero 把这位将军画成希腊英雄的一幅画.
2 describe sb/sth in words 描述或描写某人[某事物]
The diary portrays his family as quarrelsome and malicious. 日记中描述了他家反宅乱的事.
3 act the part of sb or represent sth in a play, etc （在戏剧等中）扮演某人或表现某事物
She frowned and stamped her feet to portray anger, eg in a mime. 她又皱眉头又跺脚表示生气（如在哑剧中）.
🎯 考研助记
请 描绘港口(port)光线(ray) “怕吹”(谐音):怕是吹牛，先 描绘下来 网友：yqy补充： port港口，ray光线：港口的光线好，适合写生－－画、描写
🔁 扩展释义
*[pɒ:'trei]vt. 描绘, 描写, 描绘...的肖像
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「公共英语」词汇
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In 1892 the age of mass arrivals began, during which 15 million new people passed through Ellis Island into the USA over a period of 62 years.
1892年开始了一个国外移民大量涌入的年代，在随后的62年中，有1，500万新来的人通过埃利斯岛进入美国。
However,in later years there were fierce arguments over land rights and many battles were fought between the settlers and the Maori.
然而后来数年中在移居者与毛利人之间因土地所有权问题产生了激烈的争论，还因此引发了多次战争。
It was a Sunday in May. My brother and I had decided to go off for a long walk while we were staying with my grandparents in the French countryside.
5月的一个星期天，我和弟弟决定去远足。当时我们住在法国乡下的祖父母家中。