role

英 [rəʊl]

美 [roʊl]

n.  职能; 地位; 角色; (演员的)角色; 影响程度; 作用

复数：roles　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.468 / COCA.451

牛津词典

noun

• 职能；地位；角色
  the function or position that sb has or is expected to have in an organization, in society or in a relationship
  1. the role of the teacher in the classroom
     教师在课堂上的作用
  2. She refused to take on the traditional woman's role.
     她拒绝承担传统妇女的角色。
  3. In many marriages there has been a complete role reversal (= change of roles) with the man staying at home and the woman going out to work.
     许多夫妻彻底交换了角色，男人待在家里而女人出外工作。
• （演员的）角色
  an actor's part in a play, film/movie, etc.
  1. It is one of the greatest roles she has played.
     这是她所扮演过的最重要的角色之一。
  2. Who is in the leading role (= the most important one) ?
     谁扮演主角？
• 影响程度；作用
  the degree to which sb/sth is involved in a situation or an activity and the effect that they have on it
  1. the role of diet in preventing disease
     饮食在预防疾病中的作用
  2. The media play a major role in influencing people's opinions.
     媒体在影响舆论方面发挥着重要作用。
  3. a key/vital role
     关键 / 至关重要的作用

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 作用;地位;职位;角色
  If you have arolein a situation or in society, you have a particular position and function in it.
  1. ...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
  2. Both sides have roles to play.
     双方都各有自己的角色。
• N-COUNT (电影、戏剧或歌剧中的)角色
  Aroleis one of the characters that an actor or singer can play in a film, play, or opera.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
  1. the function of a teacher
  2. the government must do its part
  3. play its role
  Synonym:functionofficepart
• normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
  1. what is your role on the team?
• what something is used for
  1. the function of an auger is to bore holes
  2. ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
  Synonym:functionpurposeuse
• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
  1. she played the part of Desdemona
  Synonym:charactertheatrical rolepartpersona

双语例句

• Channel 4 arrived and somehow created a different role for television
  第四频道开播了，它在某种程度上为电视创造了一个不同的角色。
• They are playing an increasingly important part [ role] in safeguarding peace.
  他们对保卫和平起着越来越重要的作用。
• The UN's role in promoting peace is increasingly the focus of international attention
  联合国在促进和平方面的作用越来越受到国际社会的关注。
• He has leveled with the American people about his role in the affair.
  他向美国人民坦白了他在这个事件中所扮演的角色。
• He will play a key background role in government policy-making.
  他将在政府的政策制定上起至关重要的幕后作用。
• They want the United Nations to play a bigger role as the world's peacekeeper
  他们希望联合国发挥更大的世界和平维护者的作用。
• What was the role you loved the best?
  你最喜欢哪一个角色？
• Paris has played a dominant role in France, not just in political terms but also in economic power.
  不仅仅在政治方面，而且在经济实力上巴黎在法国也都一直处于支配地位。
• My sister plays the leading role in this film.
  这部电影是我姐姐的主角。
• The economics ministry has increasingly played a subsidiary role to the finance ministry.
  经济部已经越来越成了财政部的附属了。