单词 | to play a part |
释义 | > as lemmasto play (also act) a (also one's) part (a) to play (also act) the part (of): to act as or like; to perform the function of. to play (also act) a (also one's) part: (a) to perform an (assigned or expected) function or role; to participate in; (b) to make a pretence, dissemble. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave, conduct, or bear oneself [verb (intransitive)] > behave or make as though to find one's countenanceOE to make (a) countenancec1380 to play one's pageanta1425 to play (also act) a (also one's) part1540 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] playa1450 to play (also act) a (also one's) part1540 representa1547 act1598 interlude1608 personate1623 to tread the stage (the boards)1691 perform1724 to go on1769 theatricalize1794 histrionize1851 play-act1856 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. i. sig. Nivv He..playeth his parte stoutely or lyke a man. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. l Homfrey Cheiny pleiyng the parte of a good blood hounde, foloed the tract of ye flyer. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) i. 98 Quodcumque ligaueris I trow will playe soch a parte That I shall abyde in Englond, magry yowr harte. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iv. sig. Kv Each one of vs must act his parte, In vnknowne languages, That it may breede the more varietie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iv. 25 That part, thou (Pisanio) must acte for me. View more context for this quotation 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick Printer to Rdr. The friends of the Sick must play their part, or all will not be well. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 87 None ever acted both parts bolder, Both of a Chieftain and a Souldier. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 53 You have still an honourable part to act. 1791 J. West Edmund Ironside ii. vi, in Misc. Poems 169 Emma, resume thyself, and act the part Of steady Honour. 1798 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell Prol. My gay and beautiful canoe, well have you played your friendly part. 1881 S. R. Gardiner & J. B. Mullinger Introd. Study Eng. Hist. i. xi. 195 In the final struggle..England played her part well. 1891 Speaker 11 July 36/2 The Referendum and the Initiative..have a great part to play in the future of Switzerland. 1917 A. Conan Doyle His Last Bow viii. 292 It's enough to make a man bughouse when he has to play a part from morning to night. 1930 Economist 24 May 1159/2 He not only played his part in shaping the organisation, but he also did what might be termed important field work for it. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 122 Mud-feeding animals play a significant part in re-working the sediment. 2001 J. O'Brien At Home in Heart of Appalachia xiii. 222 Incensed at being labeled a hillbilly, he acted the part with a vengeance. < as lemmas |
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