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role-playing

/rohl-pley-ing/US // ˈroʊlˌpleɪ ɪŋ //

角色扮演,角色游戏,扮演角色,扮演角色的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
    • : the modifying of a person's behavior to accord with a desired personal image, as to impress others or conform to a particular environment.

Examples

  • But what is there more irresponsible than playing with the fire of an imagined civil war in the France of today?

  • Genetics alone does not an eating disorder make, generally speaking, and Bulik points out that environment still plays a role.

  • But when a serial sex predator is playing fanboy, the gag reflex kicks in.

  • “I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.

  • Chen bowed her head during the playing of “America the Beautiful.”

  • Many of them were delicious in the role; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.

  • He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.

  • I could have sworn I heard a cry, and one of my men spoke in a tone that assured me my imagination had not been playing a trick.

  • He really seems to care almost nothing for his piano-playing or for his piano compositions.

  • But I always suspected it was a stratagem on his part to avoid playing, and that nothing really ailed him.