| 词汇 | play off |
| 释义 | play off 1. put sb. in competition with sb. else, so to benefit from it 在…之间挑拨以从中获利 * She was always playing her two brothers off against each other. 她总是在她两个兄弟之间挑起争端。 * The practice of playing off one great power against another is not new. 挑拨一个强国对抗另一个强国并不是什么新的手法。 2. play or complete the playing of (an interrupted or delayed match) ; break (a tie) by playing once more 举行或完成（中断了的比赛）；（平局后）再赛以决胜负 * Smith and Peter will play off next week. 史密斯和彼得下周举行决赛。 * The visitors came back the next Saturday to play off the game stopped by rain. 客队下星期六来进行因雨天而停止的比赛。 * When each player had won two matches, the championship was decided by playing off the tie. 两个选手都各赢两局后，再赛一局以决定冠军。 3. make fun of 取笑 * Jones always tried to play off poor old Smith who stammered badly. 琼斯总想嘲弄可怜的老史密斯，因为他口吃得很厉害。 4. pretend 假装 * The man is not ill; he is playing off. 这人没病，他是在装病。 |
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