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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. Ed played at being a pirate.
     埃德扮海盗玩。
• 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.
  1. She began to wonder what he was playing at...
     她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。
  2. '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。”

双语例句

• If he continued to act this way, I'd not let him play at all.
  如果他继续这样的行为，我就再也不让他踢球了。
• He likes to play at night.
  他喜欢在晚上玩。
• Have you decided what music you'd like us to play at the party?
  你是否决定了在晚会上希望我们演奏哪种音乐？
• I like to play at being capricious.
  我喜欢假装得很善变。
• What would it mean to you to play at Wembley?
  能在温布利踢球对你来说有特别的意义吗？
• So for me, you know, to be invited to play at White House is a great honor.
  所以对我来说，你知道，被邀请参加在白宫是一个伟大的荣誉。
• 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。
• It's suggested that we ( should) put on a short play at the party.
  有人建议我们在晚会上演一个短剧。
• To play at top on all fronts will be hard, but we are ready for it.
  在各条战线上都取得好成绩是困难的，但我们准备好了。