"portray" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

portray verbo

portray + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 61
portray a David Bailey • portray people • portray the character • portray a woman • portray the role • ...
verbo + portray
Kolokacji: 8
seek to portray • try to portray • want to portray • used to portray • begin portraying • ...
portray + preposición
Kolokacji: 26
portrayed by • portray in • portray on • portray with • portray to • ...
portray + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 48
accurately portray • frequently portrayed • originally portrayed • generally portrayed • later portray • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(2) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(3) originally, initially
Kolokacji: 2
(5) commonly, normally
Kolokacji: 2
  • I just wanted to stop it from being portrayed negatively.
  • In fact, only two of the five prosecutors the film focuses on were portrayed negatively.
  • Her personality traits could be portrayed either positively or negatively.
  • She added, "Historically, blacks have been portrayed negatively on reality television.
  • In the previous books, computers had been portrayed quite negatively, reflecting Adams' then views on the subject.
  • The council came up with the name Summer of Love to put a positive spin on events that were often portrayed negatively in the press.
  • Men are also negatively portrayed as incompetent and the butt of every joke in advertising.
  • Except for the "good mother" figure, all other women that were mentioned in the sample were portrayed negatively.
  • The rich farmer in this parable is portrayed negatively, as an example of greed.
  • The newspaper served as a source of both information and inspiration for the black community, often ignored or negatively portrayed by the predominant white press.
3. simply portray = po prostu przedstaw simply portray
(7) unfairly, wrongly, correctly
Kolokacji: 3
(10) clearly, explicitly
Kolokacji: 2
(11) famously, brilliantly
Kolokacji: 2

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