"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 • ...
1. seek to portray = staraj się przedstawić seek to portray
  • He sought to portray the race as already down to two or three candidates.
  • Each side sought to portray the jury decision as a victory.
  • He sought to portray himself as a candidate who could be a spokesman for the poor and the middle class.
  • Both men sought to portray that meeting as an effort to respond accurately to the press.
  • The Bush administration has sought to portray the opposition much more narrowly.
  • The Administration clearly sought to portray today's accord as a decision aimed at the political center.
  • They are seeking to portray the black men as unsavory individuals.
  • And each side sought to portray the other as the one dragging the campaign into the mud.
  • Republicans immediately sought to portray the vote as a defining one between the two parties.
  • With Wall Street, he sought to portray a social message.
2. try to portray = spróbuj przedstawić try to portray
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 • ...

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