【原】play 相关的动词短语

play about/around (with sb/sth)

1、玩弄；乱弄；胡弄

Don't play around with my tools!

别瞎摆弄我的工具！

2、鬼混；厮混

Her husband is always playing around.

她的丈夫总是在外拈花惹草。

play along (with sb/sth)    假意顺从

I decided to play along with her idea.

我决定假意听从她的意见。

play at sth/at doing sth    敷衍应付；虚与委蛇

She began to wonder what he was playing at.

她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。

play away (from home)    ( 体育运动队) 在客场打比赛

Our football team will play away tomorrow and play at home on Saturday. 

我们的足球队明天将去外地比赛，星期六则在本地比赛。

play sth back (to sb)    播放录音（或录像等）

Play that last section back to me again.

把最后一节再给我放一次。

play sth down    减低…的重要性；贬低；淡化

Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports...

西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。

Both London and Dublin are playing the matter down. 

伦敦和都柏林方面对此事都在有意淡化。

play A off against B    挑拨离间（以便渔利）

She played her two rivals off against each other and got the job herself.

她挑拨两个对手相争，使自己弄到了那份工作。

play on    (体) 继续比赛；恢复比赛

The home team claimed a penalty but the referee told them to play on.

主队要求判点球，但裁判却要他们继续比赛。

play on/upon sth    利用（感情等）

Advertisements often play on people's fears.

广告常利用人们的恐惧心理。

play sth out    发生；出现

Their love affair was played out against the backdrop of war.

他们在战争的背景下发生恋情。

play up | play sb up    （给某人）添麻烦；使痛苦

The kids have been playing up all day.

孩子们整天在惹麻烦。

My shoulder is playing me up today.

我的肩膀今天疼起来了。

play sth up    夸大…的重要性；渲染；吹嘘

The media played up the prospects for a settlement...

媒体夸大了达成和解的可能性。

play with sb/sth    玩弄人；玩弄感情

She tends to play with men's emotions.

她总是玩弄男人的感情。

She realized that Patrick was merely playing with her.

她意识到帕特里克只是和她逢场作戏而已。

play with sth

1、摆弄；玩弄

She was playing with her hair.

她在抚弄自己的头发。

Stop playing with your food!

别光摆弄食物不吃！

2、巧妙地利用；新奇（或幽默等）地运用

In this poem Fitch plays with words which sound alike.

在这首诗中，菲奇巧妙地运用了近音词。

The composer plays with the exotic sounds of Japanese instruments.

作曲者运用了日本乐器的异国格调。