play

bring/call into play

1. 发挥; 调动

We should now bring all positive factors into full play.

现在我们应该充分利用一切有利因素。

come into play

1. 开始起作用

The new rules have already come into play.

新规则已经开始生效。

fair play

1. 公平竞争; 机会均等

Athletes should first have the sense of fair play.

运动员首先要有公平竞争的意识。

in play

1. 开玩笑地

She said it in play.

她这样说只是开玩笑罢了。

play about/around

1. (在……附近)玩耍

The children were playing about in the backyard.

孩子们在后院玩耍。

play sb. along

1. 使某人焦急地等待着

Stop playing me along. Tell me what happened.

别再卖关子了。告诉我发生了什么事。

play at

1. 做……游戏

The children love to play at hide-and-seek here.

孩子们喜欢在这里捉迷藏。

play back

1. 重放……录音

I'll play back the text once more.

我把课文录音再重放一遍。

play down

1. 贬低; 降低……的重要性

The general tried to play down the military defeat.

将军设法减低战败的严重性。

He tried to play down my part in the work and play up his own.

他极力贬低我在这工作中的作用, 而拼命抬高他自己的份量。

play in

1. 奏乐迎入

The band were playing in the guests.

乐队正在奏乐迎宾。

play on

1. 演奏

I was playing on the piano when the telephone rang.

我正在弹钢琴, 电话铃响了。

2. 发生影响

See that direct heat does not play on it.

当心别让它直接受热。

play out

1. 结束

The match was not yet played out.

比赛还没有结束。

play up

1. 突出; 过分强调

The newspapers played up the mayor's plan to plant trees downtown.

报界大肆宣扬市长在市区植树的计划。

Some reporters like to play up sensational social news.

有些记者喜欢渲染耸人听闻的社会新闻。

play up to

1. 同……配戏

It seems that she needs two good actors to play up to her.

看来她需要两位好演员与她配戏。

2. 逢迎; 讨好; 迎合

She played up to her art teacher, and suddenly they were a couple.

她对她的美术老师示好, 不久他们就成双成对了。

play with

1. 玩; 与……逗玩

The boy is playing with a toy plane.

小男孩正在玩一架玩具飞机。