PORTRAYAL


Meaning of PORTRAYAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɔ:(r)treɪəl ]

( portrayals)

1.

An actor’s portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character.

Mr Ying is well-known for his portrayal of a prison guard in the film ‘The Last Emperor’.

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2.

An artist’s portrayal of something is a drawing, painting, or photograph of it.

...a moving portrayal of St John the Evangelist by Simone Martini.

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3.

The portrayal of something in a book or film is the act of describing it or showing it.

This is a sensitive and often funny portrayal of a friendship between two 11-year-old boys.

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4.

The portrayal of something in a book, film, or programme is the way that it is made to appear.

The media persists in its portrayal of us as muggers, dope sellers and gangsters...

N-COUNT : usu N of n

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