詞彙精選：portrait的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
肖像，畫像；（半身）雕塑像 [C]
例句：
He sat for his portrait.
他坐着讓人給他畫像。
例句：
The portrait of her mother was her most prized possession.
她母親的這張肖像是她最珍愛的物品。
描繪，描寫 [C]
例句：
The book contains a fascinating portrait of life at the court of Henry VIII.
該書生動地描寫了亨利八世的宮廷生活。
例句：
The article gives a detailed portrait of a great soldier.
這篇文章詳細地描寫了一位偉大的戰士。
相似的形象；寫照 [C]
例句：
She is the very portrait of her mother.
她和她母親長得一模一樣。
二、詞義辨析：
drawing,illustration,cartoon,diagram,picture,sketch,painting,portrait
這些名詞都表示“畫，圖”之意。drawing指用線條或色彩繪成的圖畫。illustration指插入書頁之間幫助說明的任何插圖或圖解。cartoon指幽默或諷刺性漫畫。diagram多指科技書籍或文獻中具有概括解說作用的圖表、圖樣或略圖。picture指廣義的“圖畫”，現多用來指相片、畫像。sketch通常指只畫出物體主要特徵的圖畫。painting指着色的畫。portrait指肖像，只用於指人。
三、相關短語：
portrait lens
人像鏡頭
portrait painter
n. (=portraitist)人像畫家, 人像攝影師
四、參考例句：
Hang the portrait straight.
把畫像掛端正。
He is a portrait painter.
他是一個肖像畫家。
She had her portrait painted.
她讓人給自己畫了像。
The portrait was his proudest possession.
那肖像是他最爲珍貴的東西。
He had his portrait painted in uniform.
他讓人畫了一幅身着制服的畫像。
Why don't you exhibit his portrait?
你爲什麼不展出他的畫像？
I unearthed the portrait from the attic.
我從閣樓上搜出這幅畫像.
This candid portrait is just classic.
這張偷拍的肖像恰是如此經典。
The portrait is drawn to the life.
這畫像畫得栩栩如生。
This is a portrait in pastels.
這是一幅用彩色粉筆畫的肖像。
