单词bit-player
n.: 小角色；小演员；无足轻重的人（或组织）
小角色；小演员:
an actor with a small part in a film/movie
无足轻重的人（或组织）:
a person or an organization that is involved in a situation but does not have an important role and has little influence
Polly doesn"t even appear until 10 minutes into the 90-minute picture, and then sometimes seems like a bit player in her own romance.
90分钟的影片，播放10分钟才有波莉的出现，而且有时候演员放进了自己的浪漫去演绎。
While insider trading is certainly a crime, it seemed like a bit player in the drama that began when the housing bubble burst.
内幕交易自然是犯罪，但在房地产泡沫破裂后的一系列戏剧性演变中，这似乎只是一个小问题。
Choosing Android would mean that they"d become a bit player in a two-horse race (Apple vs Google).
选择Android意味着他们将成为（双马）赛马比赛（苹果对Google）中的一个无足轻重的角色。
It"s a tight little character arc that fleshes out a bit player.
总而言之，这个小人物的紧凑剧情让它变得无比鲜活。
The SDR, which IMF economists had expected to become a central feature of the world"s monetary system, instead became a bit player.
国际货币基金组织经济学家曾设想让特别提款权成为世界货币体系的支柱，反而成了可有可无的角色。
Strategically China remained a bit player.
战略上，中国仍是一个小角色。
He still says he was very much a "bit-player" in the LSE-Libya relationship, offering technocratic advice.
他现在仍然表示，自己在LSE与利比亚的来往中只是一个“小角色”，给出一些技术性的建议而已。
Occult hepatitis B virus infection: Bit player or role player?
隐匿的乙肝病毒感染：是少许参与者还是角色扮演者？
Hollywood took on a new role in Sunday "s 80th annual Academy Awards : bit player .
好莱坞在周日的第80届奥斯卡奖中扮演了一个新的角色：龙套。