play a part简单

played a part in the fight against illegal file-sharing.

在打击非法文件共享中发挥了作用。

Although the cues used by African elephants for long-distance navigation are not yet understood, smell may well play a part.

虽然非洲象用于远距离导航的线索尚不清楚，但嗅觉很可能在其中发挥了作用。

By the time that Shakespeare was twenty-five, Lyly, Peele, and Greene had made comedies that were at once popular and literary; Kyd had written a tragedy that crowded the pit; and Marlowe had brought poetry and genius to triumph on the common stage — where they had played no part since the death of Euripides.

到莎士比亚二十五岁时，黎里、皮尔和格林已经创作出既通俗又具文学性的喜剧；基德写出了一部令正厅后排座无虚席的悲剧；马洛则让诗歌与天才在大众舞台上大放异彩——自欧里庇得斯去世以来，它们在大众舞台上从未发挥过作用。