actor
actor — 名詞
1. a person whose job is to play characters in films, plays, or television shows by
演員
在電影、戲劇或電視中扮演角色的人
a person whose job is to play characters in films, plays, or television shows by speaking their lines and copying how they would behave.
Imani has wanted to be an actor since she watched her first school play.
瑪雅自從看了第一場學校話劇後，就一直想當演員。
be + an actor (career goal pattern)
The young actor playing Hamlet forgot his line during the second act.
飾演哈姆雷特的年輕演員在第二幕忘了台詞。
actor playing [role]
Several famous actors arrived at the cinema for the opening of the new film.
好幾位知名演員抵達戲院，參加新片首映。
Noa hired three actors to perform a short comedy at his daughter's birthday party.
卡洛斯請了三位演員，在女兒的生日派對上演了一段短喜劇。
Most actors spend years studying voice and movement before getting big roles.
大多數演員在拿到重要角色前，會花好幾年練聲音和肢體動作。
文法句型
actor in [film/play]
actor playing [role]
用法筆記
Although 'actress' is still used for women in awards categories (e.g. Best Actress), many performers and news outlets now use 'actor' for any gender.
常見錯誤
2. a person, country, or organization whose actions help shape how a political, soc
參與者；要角
在政治或社會事件中具有影響力的個人或組織
a person, country, or organization whose actions help shape how a political, social, or business situation develops.
China and the United States remain the two biggest actors in the global trade talks.
中國和美國仍是全球貿易談判中最重要的兩個參與者。
biggest/major + actors in [arena]
Several non-government actors helped deliver food to villages after the flood.
好幾個非政府組織協助在水災後把糧食送到村莊。
non-government / non-state actors
The mayor described local farmers as key actors in the city's plan to cut waste.
市長把在地農民形容為市府減廢計畫中的關鍵要角。
Banks were not the only actors responsible for the financial crisis of 2008.
銀行並不是 2008 年金融危機中唯一該負責的角色。
Small charities can be powerful actors when bigger organizations refuse to step in.
當大型機構不願介入時，小型慈善團體也可以是有力的參與者。
- player
very similar in this sense, slightly more common in business contexts
- participant
neutral — implies taking part but not necessarily having influence
- stakeholder
narrower — someone with a direct interest in the outcome, not just any participant
- bystander
someone who watches without taking part
文法句型
key actor in [situation]
actor on the [scene/stage]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense almost always appears with a defining phrase such as 'in [the conflict/market/process]' or with adjectives like 'key', 'major', 'state', 'non-state'. Subjects are often institutions or countries, not individual people.
常見錯誤
3. someone who behaves in a fake way to hide what they really feel or think, so tha
裝樣子的人
為掩飾真實情緒而故意演戲的人
someone who behaves in a fake way to hide what they really feel or think, so that other people believe a different version of them.
Don't trust Quinn's tears — she's a brilliant actor when she wants something.
別相信莉娜的眼淚——她想要東西時可是個一流的戲精。
brilliant/good + actor (deception)
Greta is such a bad actor that everyone could see she was lying about the broken vase.
葛蕾塔演技太爛，大家一看就知道她在說花瓶不是她打破的。
such a + bad actor
My grandmother was a real actor; nobody ever guessed how much pain she was hiding.
我奶奶很會裝；沒有人猜得到她其實忍著多大的痛。
Politicians have to be good actors, smiling for cameras even on terrible days.
政治人物必須很會演，就算當天再糟也要對著鏡頭微笑。
文法句型
a good/terrible actor
such an actor
用法筆記
Almost always preceded by an evaluating adjective ('good', 'bad', 'terrible', 'brilliant') or 'such a/an'. Without that adjective the listener will assume sense 1 (a professional actor).