及物动词
1. 扮演；饰演
When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film.
2. 描绘；描述
When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it.
3. 表现；刻画
If a film, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way.
1. portray in words
e.g. The book portrays the actor as a selfish person
2. make a portrait of
e.g. Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
3. represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
e.g. The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting
Synonym: present
4. assume or act the character of
e.g. She impersonates Madonna
The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man
Synonym: impersonate