portrayal

C1 CET-6 大学 FREQ #33012

n. 描绘, 描写, 画像, 肖像 [计] 描绘

发音

US /ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/
其它

词形变化

portrayals 复数 portrayals

教材释义与例句

名词

描绘；画像，肖像

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The act of portraying.

  2. 2.

    The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.

    1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...

    1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

portrait depiction portraiture characterization enactment delineation personation

上位词 10

playing picture acting performing likeness picturing depiction semblance play-acting characterization

下位词 9

part character role mirror impression persona self-portrait portraiture half-length

词源

From portray + -al.

来源：wiktionary