It's not a social role in the way that she could be granddaughterly or motherly on those other occasions.

这不是一个她可以像孙女,或者母亲一样的社会角色。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

That played a powerful role in my life in terms of connecting faith and social justice for me. -Right.

那在我的生活中发挥了强大的作用,它帮助我将信仰和社会正义相连，-对。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I'm going to talk about the centralization of the French State and the question of why Paris--and that's kind of fun to talk about- and the role of Paris in centralization, and the particular role of Paris in French economic, political, social and cultural life.

一是讲法国政府的集权化统治,还有巴黎为什么 谈论这个很有意思,巴黎在中央集权政府中的地位,以及其在法国经济,社会,文化领域中的地位

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选