portraying
present participle ofportray
| 单词 | portraying |
| 释义 | portraying present participle ofportray portray verb[T] uk/pɔːˈtreɪ/us/pɔːrˈtreɪ/C2 torepresentordescribesomeone or something in apainting,film,book, or otherartisticwork: Thepaintingportrays abeautifulyoungwoman in abluedress. Thewriterportrayslifein asmallvillageat theturnof thecentury. portraysomeoneassomething If apersonin afilm,book, etc. is portrayed as aparticulartypeofcharacter, they arerepresentedin that way: Thefatherin thefilmis portrayed as afairlyunpleasantcharacter.
Representation in art & in general
Examplesofportrayingportraying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They became involved ultimately inportrayingthe kerugma as psychodrama. From theCambridge English Corpus Whileportrayingcomplex and episodic themes, these projects paid close attention to contextual morphologies and continuities of figure, ground, edge and street. From theCambridge English Corpus The register's focus is onportrayingcertain signifiers as bearing a relation of simultaneous foundational identity and destructive incompatibility with their signifieds. From theCambridge English Corpus Photographs are not necessarily the best means ofportrayingbiological material. From theCambridge English Corpus The recollection is no longer properlyportrayingwhat one has labeled or named. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore,portrayingfavelas as part of stable, traditional patron-client relationships is also largely incorrect. From theCambridge English Corpus The student composers are given the specific task of musicallyportrayingeach of the clubs. From theCambridge English Corpus Portrayingaccurately the world physically around them is a far more difficult task. From theCambridge English Corpus By so doing the archaeological enterprise can be accused ofportrayingidentity groups as implausibly monolithic, homogeneous and unchangeable. From theCambridge English Corpus By finding capitalism nearly everywhere in the material record, historical archaeology risksportrayingcapitalism as dominating the social life of the recent past. From theCambridge English Corpus Byportrayingthe ageing process in positive or negative terms, they can also reinforce or challenge cultural stereotypes of ageing. From theCambridge English Corpus The other approach toportrayingemotion is an 'inner-to-outer ' process. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it is simplistic to speak of the maskportrayingdifferent emotions at different angles. From theCambridge English Corpus They are content withportrayinga fragmented world riven with contradictions and violence. From theCambridge English Corpus The results show that extra emphasis was placed onportrayingbilingual education as a failure and situating minority-language students as victims. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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