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portraying

/pawr-trey/US // pɔrˈtreɪ //UK // (pɔːˈtreɪ) //

描绘了,描写了,描写的是,描绘

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
    • : to depict in words; describe graphically.
    • : to represent dramatically, as on the stage: He portrayed Napoleon in the play.

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Examples

  • The victories were portrayed at the time as a potential sea change in the world of Alaska politics, where more than 57% of registered voters have declined to publicly choose a party but Republicans win most statewide races.

  • He hopes to do so by portraying himself as a fresh face who can bring change, and to define Peters as unacceptable in some way.

  • She is portrayed staring longingly at children attending a school at which she is paid to perform, but which she can’t afford to attend.

  • Republicans, meanwhile, tried to turn the tables on Democrats and portray them as partisan actors bent on painting a qualified nominee as a political hack.

  • The campaigns have signaled that they do not want to risk being portrayed as afraid to show up for a debate, concerned it could be cast as a sign of weakness.

  • Were you playing up or, on the flip side, shying away from portraying a romantic attraction?

  • Or one portraying the former KGB officer as a superhero surrounded by doves?

  • There's a huge difference between portraying these young women as relatable and making them seem unremarkable.

  • Do you feel they did an ample job of portraying his troubled later years—in particular, the violence towards women?

  • What goes into portraying one of the most terrifying villains on TV?

  • Then they both looked at another miniature portraying him riding one lamb, while he was decking another with ribbons.

  • Was it necessary to glorify his acts, then it was done by portraying him as Cyrus or Alexander.

  • We have studiously avoided portraying fashionable life according to the vulgar notions, whether depreciatory or panegyrical.

  • He is not experimenting; he is not speaking of theories; he is portraying to us what was his everyday life.

  • For a long time they continued to be favourite secondary themes, introduced in portraying the destiny of heroes.