portray
发音
英 [pɔːˈtreɪ]
美 [pɔːrˈtreɪ]
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- vt.
- 画像
- 描述
- 描绘
- 描画
单词词源
portray 描绘,描画
来自古法语portraire,描绘,描画,来自por-,向前,traire,拉,来自拉丁语trahere,拉,词源同draw,drawing,tract.字面意思即向前拉,延展,引申词义描绘,描画等。拼写可能受tray影响俗化。
双语例句
- 1. Ethiopia is trying to portray its withdrawal as a success .
- 埃塞俄比亚试图将撤军描绘成一场成功的军事行动。
- 2. His pictures portray moods , most of which are dark .
- 他的画作描绘出各种情绪,其中大多数是阴沉忧郁的。
- 3. Contrary to bush , obama is difficult to portray as an american infidel .
- 于布什相反,奥巴马很难被描绘成一个美国异教徒。
- 4. But it is a mistake to portray the hollande administration as socialist dinosaurs .
- 但将弗朗索瓦奥朗德(franoishollande)政府描绘为过时的社会主义恐龙则是个错误。
- 5. It is hard to portray google as a helpless start-up .
- 很难将谷歌描述为一个无助的初创企业。