"And for women,we found that morbidity played a greater role, but for men, mortality played a greater role."

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

I think the answer is that both play a role but some of the effects are due to stereotypes above and beyond in-group favoritism.

我想两者都有,但刻板印象的影响,要高于组内偏爱。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I don't know what kind of a role model she really is, but

我不知道她算是什么榜样，但是

帕丽斯·希尔顿 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The 81-year-old king of Thailand has no formal political role but has been a unifying force in Thailand during periods of political uncertainty.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Now, the marriage case is extreme but Freud gives a lot of simpler examples where this sort of unconscious motivation might play a role.

婚姻是一个极端的例子,但弗洛伊德还举了很多简单点的例子,来阐释无意识动机是如何发挥作用的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The spokesman did confirm that the singer was taking some prescription medications, but could not say whether they played a role in his death.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

But in my role as the Chief of Staff, that role often is a referee.

但是作为办公厅主任，会经常扮演仲裁的角色。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

But nature plays a role as well. As for climate change, severe water shortages are predicted to affect between 75 and 250 million people by 2020.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

I think engineers have a role to play in that, but it's not sort of classical Biomedical Engineering in the way that developing an artificial heart is where you can see that.

我认为工程师们,在其中扮演了重要角色,但它又不像传统生物医学工程那样,去研究人造心脏之类,实实在在的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But it has played a particularly important role in Japanese culture.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

I mentioned earlier that we used to be on the gold standard and central banks were gold standard institutions that were trying to stabilize the economy but subject to the constraint that they had to maintain convertibility with gold but those central banks' role has changed a lot.

直至改变,我之前提到,我们过去是以金本位为基础的,并且中央银行也是以金本位为基础的机构,它们试图稳固经济,但是也在,保持金子的转换功能约束下。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But caregivers play a major role. The care givers include relatives.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

The government has liberized the economy and that has of course been playing a role but the growth acceleration started almost a decade before that, so the factors are a little more complex.

印度政府让经济自由发展,这一决策显然是起了作用的,但在这一决策出现约10年前,印度经济的加速发展便开始了,所以经济腾飞的原因还比较复杂。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The Boston University researcher says this kind of analysis could play a role, not just in predicting who will live longest, but in actually helping people live longer and healthier lives.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

That is a new part of India's economy, and to the extent that by globalization, one needs more foreign investment and increased connection to foreign trade they are playing a role but India's economy growth is largely being driven by internal investments.

那也是印度经济,新的组成部分，从某种层面来说，由于全球化，经济发展需要,吸引更多外资，促进外贸,这些因素确实起了作用,但印度经济增长大部分还是靠,国内投资。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

She says the pictures could play a role but one would have to be in a predisposed state then one may see the morbid murals with very different eyes, which could adversely affect someone.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

"Because cardiovascular death is the number one cause of death in the world, not just in developed countries, but throughout the world, the role that air pollutants play on this has a tremendous effect on overall world mortality."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"For instance,we know that mental illness disorders like depression or alcohol use disorders play a major role in European countries, for instance" "But,we have to also look at Asian countries where impulsiveness plays a much more important role, which is that suicide can happen on the spur of the moment."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10