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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

• Taken together, the region is essentially a leveraged play on the global economy.
  总而言之，亚洲地区在全球经济中实际上起到了杠杆作用。
• And they will play on your big screen.
  视频就会在大屏幕的电视上播放。
• But he wants me to play on a radio show tomorrow.
  但是他要我明天上广播节目演奏。
• I want to play on a sunny day.
  我想在阳光下尽情玩耍。
• Go away, and play on the stairs till father and mother be ready!
  走开，到楼梯那儿去玩，等你爸爸和妈把事情说完！
• I can play on this level. I got some game.
  “我能在这个层面上发挥，我有比赛要参加了”。
• Can we play on saturday?
  那我们星期六可以一起玩吗？
• We are forbidden to play on the pasture belonging to him.
  他不准我们在他的牧草地上玩耍。
• The only thing we can do is play on the one stage we have.
  我们唯一能做的就是扮好自己的角色。
• Do you like to play on the sands?
  你喜欢在沙滩上玩吗？