A young unknown played the leading role.

演主角的是一个名不见经传的年轻人。

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She played the leading role in the play.

那么，遗传对哮喘起怎样的作用呢?。

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She played the leading role in that movie.

她在那部电影中扮演主角。

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Nina struggles to perform the leading role in "Swan Lake" while dealing with a controlling mother, played by Barbara Hershey.

VOA: special.2011.02.21

After all, come 2015 they will want to be able to claim that they played the leading role in making Britain a networked nation.

BBC: The fight for faster broadband

She took some criticism from the media for the product placements in the movie, which she co-wrote and directed and in which she played the leading role (although she wasn't an investor).

WSJ: My China: China's Creative Pragmatist

With France having played the initial leading role, how will its chain of command be integrated with that of the West African force?

BBC: Can France achieve its goals in Mali?