1 N-COUNT [usually singular] （角色的）扮演，刻画，演绎 An actor's portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character. （角色的）扮演，刻画，演绎
SYN performance, interpretation, enacting, take [informal , mainly US]
2 N-COUNT 绘画；油画；照片 An artist's portrayal of something is a drawing, painting, or photograph of it. 绘画；油画；照片
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'Scene with a Winding River' (1827) is a near-monochrome portrayal of a wood infused with silvery light.
《有弯弯河流的风景》（1827年）是一幅近乎单色调的绘画，描绘的是沐浴在银色光线里的一片树林。
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...a moving portrayal of St John the Evangelist by Simone Martini. [+ of]
西蒙·马尔蒂尼画的福音传道者圣约翰的动人画像
SYN depiction, picture, representation, sketch
3 N-COUNT [usually singular] 描述；描写；刻画 The portrayal of something in a book or film is the act of describing it or showing it. 描述；描写；刻画
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This is a sensitive and often funny portrayal of a friendship between two 11-year-old boys. [+ of]
这是对两个11岁小男孩之间的友谊所作的细腻而不乏风趣的描述。
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...Leigh's portrayal of English society.
莉对英格兰社会的描写
SYN description, account, representation
4 N-COUNT 描写；呈现；表现 The portrayal of something in a book, film, or programme is the way that it is made to appear. 描写；呈现；表现
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The media persists in its portrayal of us as muggers, dope sellers and gangsters. [+ of]
媒体一直把我们描绘成抢劫犯、贩毒者和歹徒。
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I get criticized for the portrayal of women in that movie.
我在那部电影里对女性形象的刻画受到了批评。
SYN characterization, representation, depiction
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