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| active role n | (full participation) | SCSimplified Chinese 活跃角色，积极分子
TCTraditional Chinese 積極份子 |
| | Now I'm taking a more active role in local politics. |
| cameo role n | (actor: brief appearance) | SCSimplified Chinese 配角 pèi jué |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 跑龙套的 pèi jué ，pǎo lóng tào de
TCTraditional Chinese 跑龍套的 |
| | Brad Pitt is in the movie, but he only has a cameo role. |
| cast [sb] in the role of [sb/sth] v expr | (select a performer to appear as) | SCSimplified Chinese 扮演...的角色 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 出演 |
| film role n | (acting part in a movie) | SCSimplified Chinese 电影角色 diàn yǐng jué sè
TCTraditional Chinese 電影角色 |
| | I've worked in TV for years but haven't yet had a film role. |
| gender roles npl | (social expectations of men, women) | SCSimplified Chinese 两性角色 liǎng xìng jué sè
TCTraditional Chinese 兩性角色 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 性别角色 liǎng xìng jué sè，xìng bié jué sè |
| | Women's contribution to the war effort in the 1940s had a lasting effect on gender roles. |
| lead role n | (central acting part) | SCSimplified Chinese 最终要作用 zuì zhōng yào zuò yòng |
| | My son got the lead role in the school play. |
| leading role n | (prominent acting part) | SCSimplified Chinese 主角 zhǔ jué |
| | She tried out and got the leading role in "Carousel." |
| minor role n | (small acting part) | SCSimplified Chinese 小角色 xiǎo jué sè |
| | His first film appearance was a minor role in Star Wars. |
| minor role n | (small part in: accomplishing [sth]) | SCSimplified Chinese 小作用 xiǎo zuò yòng |
| | All the credit should go to you because I only played a minor role in winning this contract. |
| play a role v expr | (act a part) | SCSimplified Chinese 扮演角色 bàn yǎn jué sè |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 起到作用 bàn yǎn jué sè，qǐ dào zuò yòng |
| | Several Nixon loyalists played a role in the Watergate scandal. |
| play the role v expr | (act the part) | SCSimplified Chinese 扮演角色 bàn yǎn jué sè |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 起作用 bàn yǎn jué sè，qǐ zuò yòng |
| role casting n | (film, theatre: choosing actors) | SCSimplified Chinese 选角 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 试角 |
| role model n | ([sb]: sets good example) | SCSimplified Chinese 行为榜样，榜样 xíng wéi bǎng yàng，bǎng yàng
TCTraditional Chinese 行為榜樣 |
| | She's a very bad role model for those young girls who look up to her. |
| | 对于那些敬仰她的年轻女孩子来说，她真是个坏榜样。 |
role play,
role playing n | (playacting, simulation) | SCSimplified Chinese 角色扮演 jué sè bàn yǎn |
| | “Today we'll be doing a role play exercise,” said the teacher. |
| | 老师说：“今天我们会进行一次角色扮演训练。” |
role-playing,
role playing n | (teaching, psychotherapy method) | SCSimplified Chinese 角色扮演 jué sè bàn yǎn |
| | Role-playing can build confidence when preparing for job interviews. |
role-playing,
role playing n | (behavior change) | SCSimplified Chinese 演戏 yǎn xì |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 假扮 yǎn xì ，jiǎ bàn |
| role-playing n as adj | (pertaining to role-playing) | SCSimplified Chinese 角色扮演的 |
| supporting role n | (acting: secondary part) | SCSimplified Chinese 配角 pèi jué |
| | He didn't need to be the star of every movie; he was quite happy in supporting roles. |
take an active part,
take an active role v expr | (be fully involved) | SCSimplified Chinese 积极参与
TCTraditional Chinese 積極參與 |
| | Emily takes an active part in the chess club. |
take an active part in [sth],
take an active role in [sth] v expr | (be involved) | SCSimplified Chinese 积极参与
TCTraditional Chinese 積極參與 |
| | He refused to take an active part in the discussion. |
| title role n | (acting: part of eponymous character) | SCSimplified Chinese 主要角色 zhǔ yào jué sè |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 剧名角色 zhǔ yào jué sè，jù míng jué sè |