Pottery used to play an important role in the daily lives of Chinese people.
陶器在中国人的日常生活中扮演着重要的角色。
Not only are evolutionary throwbacks possible, they sometimes play an important role in the forward march of evolution.
进化返祖现象不仅有可能,有时还在进化的发展中扮演重要的角色。
They point out that free-time activities play an important role in childhood development and that large amounts of homework reduce children's free time, hindering their development.
Precisely because readers from different historical periods, places and social experiences produce different but overlapping readings of the same words on the page—debates about texts can play an important role in social discussion of beliefs and values.
It may be that, as owners of large property, space is available for meeting facilities at airports and could play an important role in serving the needs of the airport, its partners, and stakeholders such as government and the local community.