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type cast

/tahyp-kast, -kahst/US // ˈtaɪpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst //UK // (ˈtaɪpˌkɑːst) //

类型投,铸造类型,铸造的类型,种类投

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    type·cast, type·cast·ing.Theater.

    • : to cast in a role that requires characteristics of physique, manner, personality, etc., similar to those possessed by the performer.
    • : to cast repeatedly in a kind of role closely patterned after that of the actor's previous successes.
    • : to stereotype: He realizes now he's been typecast as an executive errand boy.

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Examples

  • At times in my life, I had tried other sports and was typecast due to being large.

  • But during the aughts, the stunning actress had to fight back against being typecast.

  • All throughout doing Twilight, I got asked whether I was afraid of getting typecast.

  • “At first, I was worried about getting typecast,” Bennett says.

  • Silvio Berlusconi certainly knows how to typecast his potential constituency.

  • So when someone breaks character, we're reminded that people (actually) are too complicated to typecast.