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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

• Can we play on saturday?
  那我们星期六可以一起玩吗？
• 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。
• Don't play on your partner's emotions.
  不要玩弄你伴侣的情感。
• You must go and see that new play on broadway.
  你得去百老汇看那场新戏。
• 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！
• 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。
• You play on the violin beautifully.
  你拉小提琴拉得美极了。
• I want to play on the big table. 'I replied.
  ‘我想在那张大球桌上打球，’我答道。
• 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。
• I don't have any idea what's happening. I've come to play on the team.
  我都不知道发生了什么事情，我是来打球的。