portray

1. V-T When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or movie. 扮演

In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of "Camelot."

1975年他在洛杉矶重演的戏剧《卡米洛特》中扮演国王。

2. V-T When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it. 描绘 (事物)

The film portrays a culture of young people who live in lower Manhattan. 这部电影描绘了在下曼哈顿地区生活的青年人文化。

3. V-T If a movie, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way. (以某种方式) 刻画 (某人)

...complaints about the way women are portrayed in ads. …不满于广告中对妇女的刻画方式。