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

• What was the role you loved the best?
  你最喜欢哪一个角色？
• The French Interior Minister has intervened in a scandal over the role of a secret police force.
  法国内政部长对一起涉及秘密警察部队所扮演角色的丑闻进行了干预。
• The role of women in war has been a hot topic of debate in America since the Gulf conflict.
  自海湾冲突以来，妇女在战争中的作用一直是美国国内一个备受争议的热门话题。
• Feminists have redefined the role of women.
  女权主义者重新界定了女性的角色。
• Integrating the kids with the community, finding them a role, is essential
  使孩子融入社区并为他们找到某个角色非常必要。
• 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。
• 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。
• Clark's mother is nonchalant about her role in her son's latest work
  克拉克的母亲对自己在儿子最新作品中的角色漠不关心。
• 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。
• They played a shameful [ despicable] role in this farce.
  他们在这场闹剧中扮演了可耻[鄙]的角色。