role
n. 角色; 地位; 作用
If you have a role in a situation or in society, you have a particular position and function in it.
...the drug's role in preventing more serious effects of infection...
这种药物在防止感染加重方面的作用
Both sides have roles to play.
双方都各有自己的角色。
A role is one of the characters that an actor or singer can play in a film, play, or opera.
She has just landed the lead role in The Young Vic's latest production...
她刚刚获得在小维克剧院上演的最新作品中出演女主角的机会。
Shakespearean women's roles were originally written to be played by men.
莎士比亚笔下的女性角色在创作之初是打算由男性来扮演的。
1. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;
2. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;
3. what something is used for;
4. normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting;
Don't look down on the role women can play.
不要瞧不起妇女的作用.
Some people looking after elderly parents have trouble with the role reversal involved.
一些照看年迈父母的人在角色转变上有困难.
The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.
君主纯粹是个礼仪职位.
The role does not suit him.
这个角色不适合他演.
He really wants to fulfil his role as goddaughter properly.
他确实想好好履行作为教女的职责.