在这个组织中，妇女发挥着相对次要的作用。

Women played a relatively minor role in the organization.

《牛津词典》

我将在第7章详述饮食在癌症预防中的作用。

I will discuss the role of diet in cancer prevention in Chapter 7.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

她在争论中起着举足轻重的作用。

She played a key role in the dispute.

《牛津词典》

We're going to take these general topics and talk about how they work in the nervous system and the immune system next time.

在下节课我会讲这些内容以及,配体-受体系统在神经系统和,免疫系统中的作用原理

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

We assume that unless we're dealing with Scheherazade, it has to have an end, but at the same time we might well ask ourselves, why does it have a middle? What is the function of the middle with respect to a beginning and an end?

而且我们认定一定会有结尾，除非讲故事的是那个，《天方夜谭》中的苏丹新娘，但是我们要问自己了，为什么故事一定要有经过呢？,故事的经过对于开头结尾来说起到什么作用呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It won't be that--We can see why that personality emerges through karmic cause and effect in any way that are a function of what I was like in my life.

我们能明白为什么人格是如何通过,因果作用产生并且作用在我的生活中的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选