Women played a relatively minor role in the organization.

在这个组织中，妇女发挥着相对次要的作用。

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Could it be that science, which has long played a minor role in exploration, is at last destined to take a leading role?

长期以来在探索过程中一直扮演着次要角色的科学将最终发挥主要作用，是这样吗？

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I had a minor role, playing a character called Vera.

我获得了一个未成年角色，扮演一个叫做维拉的人物。

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I was hired in a minor role on the CBS production team for that night's broadcast.

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Bankers became immensely rich, although they had only a minor role in channelling direct investments into manufacturing businesses.

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At the moment, however, international speculators seem to be playing a minor role.

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Mrs Rosenberg played a minor role: her execution was a miscarriage of justice.

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