understudy

英汉释义

• v.

  1.【戏】练习做(临时替角);临时代替(某演员)演出

  2.实地研习,实习(某工作)

• n.

  1.垫角,临时替角,候补演员;【体】〈美〉后补队员

  2.候补人员;生力军

英英释义

• v.

  1.to work as an understudy for a particular actor

• n.

  1.an actor whose job is to learn someone else’s part in a play so that they can perform if that person is sick

英汉例句

• 1.But carbon fiber, which is used only sparingly now because of its cost and complexity, is understudying for a larger role.

  由于碳纤维的高成本和复杂性，因此宝马对它的使用还比较谨慎，但它未来必然会在宝马汽车上扮演更大的角色。