| 单词 | to play a role |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play a role (in) 3. The function performed by someone or something in a particular situation or process. Frequently in to play a role (in), to play a part in, contribute to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > assumption of behaviour or attitudes > part played or assumed by a person > typical or characteristic role1856 1856 Asylum Jrnl. Mental Sci. No. 20. 166 The rôle of the physician is to point out to the magistrate that which is disease and that which is not. 1874 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics 435 As it is always employed in combination with other more active medicines..the rôle it plays is somewhat uncertain. 1895 E. A. Parkes Care Health 35 The rôle of these microbes is to disintegrate..organic bodies into simpler elements. 1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. 73 He [sc. Darwin] was aware that isolation might play a role in the production of new species. 1951 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 16 181/2 A policeman arresting a person is..performing or playing a role expected of one holding the position of public protector. 1963 J. Newson & E. Newson Patterns of Infant Care i. 21 One of the maternal grandmother's chief roles..is being steadily taken over by the doctor, the midwife and the health visitor. 1989 A. Storr Freud iv. 35 Poetry is a kind of human utterance in which symbol and metaphor play a predominant role. 2006 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 22 Feb. a10/2 Sugars that attach themselves to large molecules inside the body and play a role in health and disease. < as lemmas |
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