:in the character or role of (someone or something):as作为;以…的身份 — used to indicate that someone or something is being referred to or thought about in a particular way用于以特定的方式指某人或某事
The artist qua artist is less interesting to me than the artist as a human being.对我来说,这位艺术家的职业身份不如他的普通人身份有趣。