a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television 演员 ■a person who behaves in a way that is not genuine 像在演戏的人 in war one must be a good actor. 战争中人们必须是好演员。 ■a participant in an action or process (行动或过程)参与者 employers are key actors within industrial relations. 雇主是工业关系中的主角。
派生 actorish adjective 语源
late Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, doer, actor', from agere 'do, act'. The theatre sense dates from the 16th cent