portray
英 [p??'tre?]
美[p?r'tre]
- vt. 描繪；扮演
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?portrays;過(guò)去式:?portrayed;過(guò)去分詞:?portrayed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?portraying;
助記提示
1、por- "forth" + traire "trace, draw" from Latin trahere "drag, draw, pull".
2、字面意思為：trace, draw forth. => draw, paint (something).
2、字面意思為：trace, draw forth. => draw, paint (something).
中文詞源
portray 描繪，描畫(huà)
來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)portraire,描繪，描畫(huà)，來(lái)自por-,向前，traire,拉，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)trahere,拉，詞源同draw,drawing,tract.字面意思即向前拉，延展，引申詞義描繪，描畫(huà)等。拼寫(xiě)可能受tray影響俗化。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.
- 最近幾個(gè)月里他努力從更積極的角度來(lái)描繪紐約。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. That's what we tried to portray in the book, this feeling of opulence and grandeur.
- 那就是我們?cè)跁?shū)中竭力描繪的——一種富麗堂皇的氣派。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.
- 人們?nèi)匀徽J(rèn)為在戲劇或電影中再現(xiàn)基督的形象是不妥當(dāng)?shù)?
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 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價(jià)一心想向上爬，那就錯(cuò)了。
來(lái)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.
- 然而，對(duì)民主黨人來(lái)說(shuō)，他們成功利用了這個(gè)問(wèn)題來(lái)渲染總統(tǒng)的麻木不仁。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句