supernumeraries
n.临时演员,替补演员:在戏剧、歌剧或舞蹈表演中,没有对白或独唱部分的额外演员。
例句
We can well think all our lives long that we are following our own noses, and may never discover that we are, for the most part, supernumeraries on the stage of the world theatre.
我们尽可以终生认为命运由自己掌握,而可能永远不会发现在很大程度上,我们不过是世界剧场中的小小配角。