They believed that it should be used to protect individual rights and public liberty, and that it had a special role where individual effort was ineffective.

他们认为，它应该用来保护个人权利和公共自由，在个人的努力无效时，它具有特殊的作用。

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Fathers seem to play a special role.

父亲似乎扮演着特殊的角色。

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Consider also the special role of mothers - always considered the more nurturing parent.

我们需要了解更多这样与妈妈有关的例子，理由是要考虑到妈妈们所扮演的特殊角色，特别是那些还在带小孩的妈妈。

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She wrote that women have the major role in one group in New Guinea without causing any special problems.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

The Blair criticism has only begun. It also raises questions of whether his role as a special Middle East envoy is now untenable.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

There are a number of virtues to small businesses, even absent a special role as job creators.

WSJ: Do Small Businesses Deserve Their Reputation as Job Creators?

That gives tabloids a special role in investigative reporting, even if they include much hearsay and error.

ECONOMIST: Life in the global gutter

The United States, obviously, has a special role to play on the international stage, regardless of who is President.

WHITEHOUSE: G20 Summit Presidential Press Conference