portray

/pɔːrˈtreɪ/

= depict

depict

/dɪˈpɪkt/

to show an image of sb/sth in a picture 描绘；描画

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to show or describe someone or something in a particular way 描述；描写；描绘

portray sb as sth
Opponents portray the president as weak and ineffectual.
对手们把总统描绘成软弱无能的人。
portray sb in a good/bad light (=make them seem good or bad)
The newspapers want to portray the project in the worst possible light.
从好的/坏的方面描绘某人

When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it. [V n] [V-ed]

• //…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