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🔑playplay1 /pleɪ / verb ➤of children儿童- [intransitive] to do something to enjoy yourself; to have fun玩耍；玩乐；游戏◆They've been playing on the beach all day.他们整天在海滩玩耍。◆He's playing with his new toy.他在玩他的新玩具。◆Jane found a new friend to play with.简找到了一个新玩伴。
➤sports / games体育运动；竞技- [intransitive, transitive] to take part in a sport or game参加运动项目（或比赛）；（和某人）比赛◆“How about a game of chess?” “Sorry, but I don't know how to play.”“咱们下盘棋好吗？”“对不起，我不会下。”◆Who's playing in the game tonight?今天晚上谁参加比赛？◆I play football on Saturdays.我每个星期六打美式橄榄球。
- [intransitive, transitive] play (sth) (with / against sb) | play sb (at sth) to compete against someone in a game or sport与…比赛◆I usually play against Bob.我通常和鲍勃比赛。◆Our team plays baseball against other schools nearby.我们队和附近学校的球队打棒球赛。◆She played him at cards and won!她和他玩扑克而且赢了！
➤trick把戏- [transitive] play sth (on sb) to do something which may surprise or annoy someone, just for fun捉弄；戏弄◆The kids decided to play a trick on their teacher.孩子们决定捉弄一下老师。
➤act / perform扮演；演出- [intransitive, transitive] to act a part in a play扮演；饰演◆Steve is going to play Romeo.史蒂夫将会扮演罗密欧。◆ (figurative) Sarah played a key role in organizing the protest.萨拉在组织这次抗议活动中起到了关键的作用。
➤music音乐- [intransitive, transitive] (
music音乐) to make sound with a musical instrument演奏；弹奏◆to play the piano, trumpet, etc.弹钢琴、吹小号等◆My son's learning the piano. He plays very well.我儿子在学钢琴，他弹得很好。◆She played a few notes on the violin.她用小提琴拉了几个音符。◆Could you play that piece of music again?你可以再演奏一遍那首乐曲吗？
- [transitive] to turn on a record, tape, etc. so that it produces sound播放（唱片、磁带等）◆Should I play the tape for you again?需要我为你重放这盘磁带吗？
➤of light / a smile光线；微笑- [intransitive] (formal) to move quickly and lightly闪烁；浮现◆A smile played on her lips.她的嘴角露出一丝微笑。
 ●play ball- (
sport体育) to play a ball game, especially baseball打球（尤指棒球）
- to agree to do what someone wants you to do顺从；合作
●play possum (informal) to pretend you are asleep or dead装睡；装死◆Neil was just playing possum when his mom knocked on his door.尼尔的妈妈敲门时，他只是在装睡。  ●play along (with sb / sth)- to pretend to agree or work together with someone or something假意顺从；假装合作◆I decided to play along with her idea for a while.我决定暂且假意顺从她的观点。
- to play a game that someone else is also playing, without competing against him / her（非竞争性地）参与◆This game show has a lot of viewers who like to play along at home.这个电视游戏节目有很多喜欢在家里参与的观众。
●play sth back (to sb)to turn on a tape or a movie after recording the material on it播放（已录制的内容）◆We made a video of the party and played it back to all the guests before they left.我们把聚会录制下来，在客人们离开前给他们播放了一遍。●play sth down / upto make something seem less / more important than it really is轻视／看重；贬低／重视；淡化／夸大◆to play down a crisis淡化危机
🔑playplay2 /pleɪ / noun - [countable] a story which is written to be performed by actors in the theater, on television, or on the radio戏剧；剧本◆Would you like to go to a Broadway play while you're in New York?在纽约期间你想去看百老汇的戏剧演出吗？◆a radio play广播剧◆to have a part in the school play在学校戏剧中扮演一个角色◆the opening night of the play戏剧的首晚演出
- [uncountable] activities that are done for enjoyment only, especially by children（尤指儿童的）玩耍，娱乐，游戏◆Young children learn through play.幼儿从游戏中学习。◆Everyone needs a balance of work and play.人人都需要平衡工作和娱乐。
- [uncountable] the playing of a game or sport; the way it is played比赛；比赛的进行；赛风◆Bad weather stopped play yesterday.昨天因天气恶劣停赛了。◆rough play粗暴的比赛
●fair playequal treatment of both / all sides according to the rules公平竞争；公平对待◆Special privileges for some people violate our sense of fair play.给予一些人特权有违我们公平竞争的精神。 |