play on

英 [pleɪ ɒn]

美 [pleɪ ɑːn]

利用（恐惧、弱点或过失）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 利用（恐惧、弱点或过失）
  If youplay onsomeone's fears, weaknesses, or faults, you deliberately use them in order to persuade that person to do something, or to achieve what you want.
  1. ...an election campaign which plays on the population's fear of change...
     利用民众惧变心理的竞选活动
  2. I felt guilty saying that, playing on her generosity.
     我说这话是利用了她的慷慨，对此我感到愧疚。

双语例句

• The new student is still wet behind the ears; he has not yet learned the tricks that the boys play on each other.
  那个新学生依然无所适从，他还不知道同学们彼此间玩的什么把戏。
• Little boys, being what they are, might decide to play on it
  出于天性，小男孩们可能会决定利用这一点。
• You mustn't play on the road.
  你一定不要在马路上玩。
• Your system has been modified, please remove the modification to play on this server.
  你的系统已经被修正，请除去修正利用这一个服务器。
• I felt guilty saying that, playing on her generosity.
  我说这话是利用了她的慷慨，对此我感到愧疚。
• I'm sorry, senator, I only play on the open sea.
  对不起，议员，我只在海上演奏。
• Can we play on saturday?
  那我们星期六可以一起玩吗？
• Do you like to play on the sands?
  你喜欢在沙滩上玩吗？
• And they will play on your big screen.
  视频就会在大屏幕的电视上播放。
• Personally, I find a good play on tv's interesting.
  我个人觉得电视上好的剧目很有意思。