bit player

美 [ˈbɪt pleɪər]英 [ˈbɪt pleɪə(r)]
  • n.小角色;小演员;无足轻重的人(或组织)
bit playerbit player

noun

1

小角色;小演员
an actor with a small part in a film/movie

2

无足轻重的人(或组织)
a person or an organization that is involved in a situation but does not have an important role and has little influence

  1. Amazon is a bit player in China .

    亚马逊在中国市场是个小玩家。

  2. Hollywood took on a new role in Sunday's80th annual Academy Awards : bit player .

    好莱坞在周日的第80届奥斯卡奖中扮演了一个新的角色:龙套。

  3. What 's more powerless than being a bit player on the Washington stage ?

    谁会比政治舞台上的演员们更无权无势?

  4. While insider trading is certainly a crime , it seemed like a bit player in the drama that began when the housing bubble burst .

    内幕交易自然是犯罪,但在房地产泡沫破裂后的一系列戏剧性演变中,这似乎只是一个小问题。

  5. Last year , she proved herself more than just a bit player by co-writing and starring in Paper Heart , a hybrid documentary / fictional love story ( with Michael Cera as her awkwardly adorable boyfriend ) .

    去年她自导自演一部独特的纪实风《脆弱的心》,与她现实生活中同样闷骚得很可爱的男朋友迈克尔·塞拉合作,证明了自己的才华。

  6. Amazon 's been relegated to a bit player in a domestic e-commerce market dominated by Alibaba and JD.Com . But like fellow US companies Facebook and Google , it isn 't giving up on the world 's most populous nation despite powerful domestic players .

    在阿里巴巴和京东主导的中国电子商务市场,亚马逊只能算是个小角色。但就像脸书和谷歌等其他美国公司一样,虽然面临强大的本土竞争对手,亚马逊并未放弃世界人口第一大国的市场。

  7. THE INCARNATIONS . By Susan Barker . ( Touchstone , $ 26 . ) In Barker 's astonishing novel , a Beijing taxi driver learns of his previous lives as a bit player during 15 centuries of China 's past .

    《前世今生》(TheIncarnations),苏珊·贝克尔(SusanBarker)著(Touchstone出版社,26美元)。在贝克尔这本惊人的小说里,一个北京出租车司机意识到自己的前世是中国1500年历史上的一个小人物。