an understudy

基本解釋

He was an understudy to Charlie Chaplin on a tour of the USA.
他是查理·卓別麟美國巡縯期間的替角兒。
I wasn't trying to create a story, salvage a scene or use him as an understudy to my failed date.
我不是在創(chuàng)造另一個愛情故事，或挽救什麼，或拿他做我這次失敗的約會的替代品。
The experienced32- year-old only joined Juventus from Bayern Munich last summer and was mainly used as an understudy to Cannavaro and Thuram, notching up one goal in18 Serie A appearances.
這位上個賽季才從拜仁加盟的32嵗後衛(wèi)經(jīng)常作爲(wèi)卡納瓦羅和圖拉姆的替補出場，在18場意甲比賽中進了一個球。

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