portray
v[Tn, Cn.n/a]
~ sb (as sb/sth)
1 make a picture of sb 為某人畫像; 畫某人的像
She is portrayed wearing her coronation robes. 給她畫的是她穿著加冕禮服的像.
a picture of the general portraying him as a Greek hero 把這位將軍畫成希臘英雄的一幅畫.
2 describe sb/sth in words 描述或描寫某人[某事物]
The diary portrays his family as quarrelsome and malicious. 日記中描述了他家反宅亂的事.
3 act the part of sb or represent sth in a play, etc (在戲劇等中)扮演某人或表現某事物
She frowned and stamped her feet to portray anger, eg in a mime. 她又皺眉頭又跺腳表示生氣(如在啞劇中).