play at
英 [pleɪ æt]
美 [pleɪ æt]
对…敷衍了事; 拿…当儿戏; (尤指儿童)假扮…玩,玩…游戏; 搞…名堂; 想…念头
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 对…敷衍了事;儿戏似地做
If you say that someoneis playing atsomething, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing it casually and not very seriously.- We were still playing at war — dropping leaflets instead of bombs.
我们仍然把战争当儿戏——还在丢传单而不是扔炸弹。
- We were still playing at war — dropping leaflets instead of bombs.
- PHRASAL VERB (尤指儿童)假扮…玩,玩…游戏
If someone, especially a child,plays atbeing someone or doing something, they pretend to be that person or do that thing as a game.- Ed played at being a pirate.
埃德扮海盗玩。
- Ed played at being a pirate.
- PHRASAL VERB 搞…名堂;想…念头
If you do not know what someoneis playing at, you do not understand what they are doing or what they are trying to achieve.- She began to wonder what he was playing at...
她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。 - 'What do you think you're playing at?' he said. 'I can't sell this.'
“你以为你在动什么念头?”他说,“我不能卖掉这个。”
- She began to wonder what he was playing at...
双语例句
- Can he play at the baseball game?
他能来参加棒球赛吗? - I like to play at being capricious.
我喜欢假装得很善变。 - She can play at that level. She's proven it by beating excellent players in the previous weeks.
她能打出这样的水平,在前几个星期她打败了好几个非常优秀的选手,证明她有这个能力。 - I heard the orchestra play at Carnegie Hall last summer.
夏天我在卡内基音乐厅聆听了这个交响乐团的演奏。 - At school they did a little play at christmas.
圣诞节那天,他们在学校上演了一出短剧。 - I discovered that my husband was having an affair& well, two can play at that game!
我发现我丈夫有外遇&好了,那一套不只他会,我也会! - He is no fun to play at chess because he's always changing his moves.
跟他下棋没劲,他老是拔招。 - You say he's been invited to play at krewe island next month?
你说他下个月会参加克鲁岛的比赛吗? - It's a great thrill for a cricket-lover like me to play at the home of cricket.
对我这样的板球爱好者来说,能够在板球的故乡比赛是一件令人无比兴奋的事。 - Ed played at being a pirate.
埃德扮海盗玩。