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a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films, especially as a profession 演员 Both lead actors (= the ones who play the main parts) are outstanding. 两位主角都很出色。 She is one of the country’s leading actors. 她是这个国家最优秀的演员之一。 a stage/film/movie actor 舞台/电影/电影演员 a Hollywood actor 好莱坞演员 The movie starred a bunch of relatively unknown young actors. 这部电影由一群相对不出名的年轻演员主演。
a person who plays a part, pretending by their behaviour to be a particular kind of person 演员 I don't know if he really meant the things he said—he was always a good actor. 我不知道他是否真的说到做到——他一直是个好演员。
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a participant in an action or process 演员： 动作或过程的参与者Employers are key actors within industrial relations. 雇主是工业关系中的主角。
Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’. The theatre sense dates from the 16th cent.