portray

英 [p??'tre?] 美[p?r'tre]

TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6GRE中低頻詞常用詞匯

第三人稱單數:?portrays;過去式:?portrayed;過去分詞:?portrayed;現在分詞:?portraying;

1、por- "forth" + traire "trace, draw" from Latin trahere "drag, draw, pull".
2、字面意思為：trace, draw forth. => draw, paint (something).

portray 描繪，描畫

來自古法語portraire,描繪，描畫，來自por-,向前，traire,拉，來自拉丁語trahere,拉，詞源同draw,drawing,tract.字面意思即向前拉，延展，引申詞義描繪，描畫等。拼寫可能受tray影響俗化。

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.

1. He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.: 最近幾個月里他努力從更積極的角度來描繪紐約。

2. That's what we tried to portray in the book, this feeling of opulence and grandeur.: 那就是我們在書中竭力描繪的——一種富麗堂皇的氣派。

3. It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.: 人們仍然認為在戲劇或電影中再現基督的形象是不妥當的.

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一心想向上爬，那就錯了。

5. Now, as for the Democrats, they've been able to use this issue quite effectively to portray the president as insensitive.: 然而，對民主黨人來說，他們成功利用了這個問題來渲染總統的麻木不仁。