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VERB
扮演；饰演
When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film.
例句
In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of 'Camelot'.
他1975年在洛杉矶重新上演的剧目《卡米洛》中扮演国王。
...the busty and rumbustious Mrs Hall, excellently portrayed by Toni Palmer.
由托妮·帕默精彩演绎的胸部丰满、吵吵嚷嚷的霍尔太太
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VERB
描绘；描述
When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it.
例句
...this northern novelist, who accurately portrays provincial domestic life.
这位准确描述外省家庭生活的北方小说家
...the landscape as portrayed by painters such as Claude and Poussin.
克劳德和普桑等画家所描绘的风景
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VERB
表现；刻画
If a film, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way.
例句
She says the programme portrayed her as a 'lady of easy virtue'.
她说这个节目把她刻画成了一个“水性杨花的女人”。
...complaints about the way women are portrayed in adverts.
抗议在广告中如此刻画女性