1) Many teachers will not want to use books in which gender roles are portrayed in a
traditional male-centered way.
（老師大都不想使用以傳統男子為中心的方式描繪性別作用的書本.）
2) Although Mathilde is portrayed as a rather sad and lonely figure,it is still she who
controls most of what happens in the story.
（雖然瑪蒂爾德被描繪成壹個相當悲傷和孤獨的人,但是她仍然占據了是故事中的大部分情節.）
depict “描繪”、“描述”,與portray壹樣,也指用圖畫或文字描繪事物或人物.
1) The novelist is noted especially for his skill in depicting character.
（這位小說家在描繪人物性格技巧方面特別有名.）
2) The oil painting vividly depicts an old farmer who has gone through various trails of
life.
（油畫生動地描繪了壹位老農夫所經歷的各種生活痕跡.）
describe “描述”、“描繪”、“形容”,指通過描寫、描述人或事的外表、性質,使人得到壹個清晰地印象.
1) He describes his own method of photographing motor races,and gives hints on the choice
of subjects and viewpoints.
（他描述了在摩托車比賽攝影的方法,並提及主題的選擇和看法.）
2) Obviously it is very difficult to describe such a complex system in simple,predictive
terms.
（顯然,是很難用簡單預測性的語言來形容這種復雜系統.）