Play about
玩耍；胡鬧
Stop playing about and continue doing your work.
別再玩兒了，繼續做你的工作吧。
Play around
玩耍； (跟某人)玩花招
Don’t be serious. I’m just playing around.
別當真，我只是玩鬧而已。
Don’t play around with him. He is shrewd.
別跟他耍花招。他很精明。
Play for
為…而玩；效力…
It’s her dream to play for her country one day.
她的夢想是有一天能為祖國效力。
Play against
對賽；同……比賽
He will be playing against his friend in the next round.
他將在下一輪與他的朋友比賽。
Play along
與…合作；參與
I don’ agree to play along with her.
我不同意與她合作。
Play back
重播；回放
Now I’ll play back the listening materials.
現在我來回放聽力材料。
Play with
與…一起玩
Don’t let him play with fire.
別讓他玩火。
She always plays with her puppy.
她總是和她的小狗一起玩。
Play on
演奏；利用（恐懼、弱點或過失）
That bad boy is just playing on her fears to get her to do what he wants.
那個壞男孩只是在利用她的恐懼，想讓她做他想做的事。
Though the singer was frightened, the singer had to play on for another hour.
儘管這位歌手很害怕，但她不得不再演奏一個小時。
Play away
賭掉(金錢)；在外地比賽
My favorite football team will play away from home.
我最喜歡的足球隊將在客場比賽。
He played away all his money in Macao.
他在澳門把錢都輸光了。
play down
貶低；降低
His manager tried to play down the importance of his proposal.
他的經理試圖貶低他的提議的重要性。
Play off
加賽; (得分相同)進行補賽
As these two tennis players got the same points, they played off to decide the winner.
因為這兩名網球運動員得分相同，所以他們加賽來決定勝利者。
Play up
加油幹；調皮搗蛋；運轉不良
The old air-conditioner is playing up again.
舊空調又出毛病了。
My nephew played up all the morning.
我侄子整個上午都在調皮搗蛋。
Play up! You can do it!
加油！你可以的！
Play out
結束；做完；使精疲力竭
They argued with each other, and no one knew how the situation would play out.
他們又吵了起來，沒有人知道情況會如何發展
They all played out after finishing the work.
工作完成後，他們都精疲力竭了。
Play at
敷衍應付；虛與委蛇
I think he’s just playing at doing his work.
我覺得他只是敷衍工作。
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