portrayal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++por·tray·al /pɔːˈtreɪəl $ pɔːr-/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] DESCRIBEthe way someone or something is described or shown in a book, film, play etc 描绘，描写，描述；扮演；表现portrayal of the newspapers’ portrayal of Islamic culture 报纸上对伊斯兰文化的描绘accurate/realistic etc portrayal The film is not an accurate portrayal (=correct portrayal) of his life. 这部影片没有如实描述他的生活。
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portrayal• This is a portrayal of malevolence on a grand scale.• The puzzling question is why Walker compromised her portrayals like this.• Spacek won an Oscar for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn.• The memo is seen as damaging to a prime minister who insists he is not concerned by media portrayals of his government.• In instances where programs dealt with religion, positive portrayals outnumbered negatives one by 4-to-3, the group said.• Yet beneath their glowing and reverent portrayal, there seemed to lurk another Abu Kamal.• I cannot accept the article's portrayal of these men as bloodthirsty terrorists.• We have already noticed that a chief motif of the Orphic cosmogonies is their portrayal of the development of new life.• It was a very unfair portrayal of you.• Many have criticized Hollywood for its unrealistic portrayal of life in America.accurate/realistic etc portrayal• A realistic portrayal of the life and times of the legendary outlaw well worth the visit.• Constanze said many years later that it was an accurate portrayal of her anguish.• What is the relationship between the accurate portrayal of a single case and a general truth about the nature of things?por·tray·al nounChineseSyllable
the shown in way or or described something Corpus someone is
portrayal
por‧tray‧al /pɔːˈtreɪəl $ pɔːr-/
noun [uncountable and countable]
the way someone or something is described or shown in a book, film, play etc
portrayal of
the newspapers’ portrayal of Islamic culture
accurate/realistic etc portrayal
The film is not an accurate portrayal (=correct portrayal) of his life.
por‧tray‧al /pɔːˈtreɪəl $ pɔːr-/
noun [uncountable and countable]the way someone or something is described or shown in a book, film, play etc
portrayal of
accurate/realistic etc portrayal