understudy是什么意思

音标:英 ['ʌndəstʌdɪ]美 [ˈʌndɚˌstʌdɪ]

预备演员, 替角vt. 通过观察掌握某工作, 通过实习掌握某工作vt.vi. 练习当替角

an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
v. be an understudy or alternate for a role

understudy的用法和例句：

1. So there's no understudying for you tomorrow night.

对你来说 明晚不用替补啦

2. But if you have an understudy role, I'm free.

但如果你还有候补演员名额的话 我有空

3. I don't exactly have an understudy waiting in the wings.

我可没有能随时替我上场的替补

4. You know, I've never been to a camp or been an understudy.

我從來沒去過營會或當替補

5. The least we can do given you are staffed with the understudy.

希望能弥补你们 不得不跟我这个副手会面的遗憾

6. You can't handle that I have made it, and you are just begging to be my understudy.

你不能接受我成功了 而你卑躬屈膝求着当我的替角

7. So that leaves us with her suspected lover and her understudy.

这样就剩下她的地下情人 以及她的替角了

8. They wouldn't give an understudy a better dressing room than I have.

他们才不会给一个小替角 比我这更豪华的化妆室呢

9. The understudy will be ready in less than five minutes.

候补演员五分钟之内就可以就绪了

10. There is a perfectly fine bathroom mirror upstairs for the understudy.

楼上厕所里有一面专门 给替角用的镜子