play a role in

基本解釋

Genetics: Genes play a role in how your body balances calories and energy.
遺傳：基因在你的身體平衡熱量和能量中扮演很重要的角色。
Damage to his frontal lobes, which play a role in behavior and personality, caused a host of other peculiar symptoms.
大腦中額葉的作用是控制行為和個性，對這個部分造成的損傷造成了一系列特別的癥狀。
I think this may be an extraordinary moment in history where Africa can become a continent of hope and the Bank can play a role in that.
他說："我認(rèn)為，這可能是歷史上一個不同尋常的時刻，使非洲成為一個希望的大陸，世行可以在這方面發(fā)揮作用。

That study asked them whether a patient's age and other illnesses might play a role in not recommending chemotherapy after surgery.
Also, more generally, it could be that these implicit attitudes play a role in judgment calls.
更普遍地來說，這些內(nèi)隱態(tài)度可能,會影響你的主觀判斷。
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Because these things are unpaired, we have already seen how unpaired electrons play a role in the Stern-Gerlach experiment.
因?yàn)樗鼈兌际俏闯蓪Φ?，我們已?jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn),在Stern-Gerlach實(shí)驗(yàn)中,未成對電子扮演怎樣一個角色了。
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But I do believe that emotions can and should play a role in decision-making.
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