词汇 | play something ↔ out |
释义 | play something ↔ outplay something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) if an event or situation is played out or plays itself out, it happens 发生;出现 It will be interesting to see how the election plays itself out. 观看选举如何进行会很有意思。 b) PERFORMif people play out their dreams, feelings etc, they express them by pretending that a particular situation is really happening 想入非非 The weekend gives you a chance to play out your fantasies. 周末让你有机会去想入非非。 Examples from the Corpus play out• It is inconceivable that this same scenario could have played itself out as it did with a group of unrelated individuals.• Okay, shall we play this out do you think?• How does that different focus play itself out in daily parenting?• Every time he'd had a few drinks, they took starring roles in the fantasies that played themselves out in his head.• He has three other plays sketched out in his mind but not yet committed to paper.• This year a mere sprat of a northern lass won my heart playing hers out on a mighty and sonorous trombone.• Events must play themselves out to aesthetic, moral and logical conclusion. → play something ↔ out at play1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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