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单词 to play a part
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to 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.
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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.
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