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Related topics: Other games, Theatre, Music
play1 /pleɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
1  children 兒童 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DGO when children play, they do things that they enjoy, often with other people or with toys 玩，玩耍
Kids were playing and chasing each other.
孩子們在互相追逐嬉鬧。
play catch/house/tag/school etc
Outside, the children were playing cowboys and Indians.
孩子們在外面玩牛仔和印第安人的遊戲。
play with
Did you like to play with dolls when you were little?
你小時候喜不喜歡玩洋娃娃？
Parents need to spend time just playing with their children.
父母應該花時間和自己的孩子一起玩耍。
2  sports/games 運動/比賽
a) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PLAY A GAME OR SPORT to take part or compete in a game or sport 參賽，參加〔比賽或運動〕
Karen began playing basketball when she was six.
卡倫六歲時開始打籃球。
If you feel any pain, you shouldn’t play.
如果你覺得疼，就不該參賽。
Men were sitting in the park, playing cards.
男人們坐在公園裏打牌。
play against
Bristol will play against Coventry next week.
下周布裏斯托爾隊將迎戰考文垂隊。
She’s playing Helen Evans in the semi-final (=playing against her).
半決賽中她將迎戰海倫·埃文斯。
play for
Moxon played for England in ten test matches.
莫克森代表英格蘭隊參加過十場國際板球對抗賽決賽階段比賽。
b) [transitiveT] to use a particular piece, card, person etc in a game or sport 〔比賽中〕走〔子〕；出〔牌〕；派〔某人〕出場
Harrison played a ten of spades.
哈裏森出了一張黑桃十。
The Regents played Eddie at center (=used him as a player in that position) in the game against Arizona.
在和亞利桑那州立大學隊的比賽中，理真大學隊派埃迪上場擔任中鋒。
c) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to take a particular position on a team 〔在某運動隊中〕擔當，充任
Garvey played first base for the Dodgers.
加維在道奇隊中打一壘。
d) [transitiveT] to hit a ball in a particular way or to a particular place in a game or sport 〔在比賽或運動中〕擊〔球〕，打〔球〕
She played the ball low, just over the net.
她把球打得很低，剛剛過網。
3  music 音樂 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
PERFORMto perform a piece of music on a musical instrument 演奏，彈奏
He’s learning to play the piano.
他在學習彈鋼琴。
She played a Bach prelude.
她演奏了一首巴赫的前奏曲。
Haden has played with many jazz greats.
黑登和許多著名的爵士樂手合作過。
A small orchestra was playing.
一支小型管弦樂隊在演奏。
4  radio/cd etc 廣播/激光唱片等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a radio, CD etc plays, or if you play it, it produces sound, especially music 播放
The bedside radio played softly.
床邊的收音機播放着輕柔的樂曲。
play a record/CD/tape etc
DJs playing the latest house and techno tracks
播放着最新豪斯音樂和泰克諾音樂的音樂節目主持人們
5  theatre/film 劇院/電影
a) [transitiveT]APT to perform the actions and say the words of a particular character in a theatre performance, film etc 扮演〔角色〕
Streep plays a shy, nervous woman.
斯特裏普扮演一個腼腆、神經質的女人。
play a role/part/character etc
Playing a character so different from herself was a challenge.
扮演一個和她本人如此不同的角色是個挑戰。
b) [intransitiveI]APTPERFORM if a play or film is playing at a particular theatre, it is being performed or shown there 〔戲劇〕上演；〔電影〕上映
‘Macbeth’ is playing at the Theatre Royal in York.
《麥克白》正在約克的皇家劇院上演。
c) [transitiveT]APTPERFORM if actors play a theatre, they perform there in a play 〔演員〕在〔劇院〕演出
6  play a part/role EFFECT/INFLUENCEto have an effect or influence on something 〔在某事中〕起作用；〔在某事中〕有影響
play a part/role in
A good diet and fitness play a large part in helping people live longer.
合理的飲食和良好的健康狀況在對人們壽命的延長起着重要作用。
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play a part/role• Although the budget committees guide Congress's actions on spending, every committee plays a role.• The researchers said more investigation was needed into whether vaccinations or pesticides played a part.• But big-city gangsters also play a part.• Our goal is to make sure everyone plays a part and shares in the credit.• Sure, the Pentium chip plays a part, but other components provide the big difference.• Therefore, both over-confidence and under-confidence may play a part in creating an environment in which accidents happen more readily.• The New Man rejects traditional roles of parenthood and likes to play a part in decision-making.• Schneider played a key role in getting the organization started.• By speaking out about envy between women, comedy can play a part in helping us to heal it in ourselves.• He was six now and understood that I had played a role in his parents separation.• Together with the police everyone can play a part in improving the security of their neighborhood.• Luck has to play a part in it.• Men now play a larger part in looking after their children.• Hart clearly played a role in the decision to change admission standards.• The Secretary of State played a leading role in the government's successful foreign policy.• The most effective learning occurs when the child is allowed to play a more active role in the learning process.
7  play ball 
a) to throw, kick, hit, or catch a ball as a game or activity 玩球類遊戲
Jim and Karl were playing ball in the backyard.
吉姆和卡爾在後院玩球。
b) to do what someone wants you to do 聽命
So far, the company has refused to play ball, preferring to remain independent.
這家公司至今不願當傀儡，更希望保持獨立。
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play ball• It was a timeless scene: a brick house, a mown meadow, a man and his boy playing ball.• It seemed clear to us that we would always have the time to play ball and get better as we went along.• When they break a window playing ball or lose something that belongs to a friend, they should make amends.• She played ball, she had difficulty with spelling, and she wanted to be a doctor when she grew up.• He has no one to play ball with and tosses his ball against the wall in a most despondent fashion.• The editor would have doubled it, if you'd played ball with me.• There is a simple, inexpensive solution for those who refuse to play ball with the system.
8  pretend 假裝 [linking verb]BEHAVE to behave as if you are a particular kind of person or have a particular feeling or quality, even though it is not true 假裝，裝扮
the accusation that scientists are playing God
對科學家扮演上帝的指責
Some snakes fool predators by playing dead.
有些蛇會以裝死來蒙騙獵食者。
‘What do you mean?’ ‘Don’t play dumb (=pretend you do not know something).'
“你什麽意思？”“别裝糊塗了。”
Don’t play the innocent (=pretend you do not know about something) with me – we both know what happened.
别跟我裝無辜，你我都知道出了什麽事。
play the idiot/the teacher etc
Susan felt she had to play the good wife.
蘇珊覺得自己必須扮成好妻子。
He played the fool (=behaved in a silly way) at school instead of working.
他在學校瞎混而不用功學習。
9  behave 表現 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]BEHAVE to behave in a particular way in a situation, in order to achieve the result or effect that you want 〔以某種方式〕表現，行事
How do you want to play this meeting?
你想怎麽開這次會議？
Play it safe (=avoid risks) and make sure the eggs are thoroughly cooked.
保險一點，一定要把這些蛋煮透。
play it carefully/cool etc
If you like him, play it cool, or you might scare him off.
你要是喜歡他，就别露聲色，否則可能會把他嚇跑。
10  play games HIDE/NOT SHOWto hide your real feelings or wishes in order to achieve something in a clever or secret way – used to show disapproval 耍花招，耍手段〔含貶義〕
Stop playing games, Luke, and tell me what you want.
别耍花招了，盧克，告訴我你想要什麽。
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play games• Don't waste time by playing games.• The Dauphin was showing Henry that he was just a stupid kid who should still be playing games.• I don't play games at all!• But Symington and the Legislature are simply playing games here.• Just going out to resupply some patrols on a secure road was so bland that we played games to make it interesting.• As a child she preferred playing games with boys to dressing up dolls.• If they want to play games with their parachutes, then that is their affair.• They can only create challenges for themselves, play games within the games.
11  play something by ear 
a) to decide what to do according to the way a situation develops, without making plans before that time 見機行事，随機應變
We’ll see what the weather’s like and play it by ear.
我們將根據天氣情況随機應變。
b) if someone can play a musical instrument by ear, they can play a tune without looking at written music 不看樂譜演奏
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play something by ear• As he has no political party that can provide him with practical support, he is forced to play it by ear.• At 2, he played the piano by ear.• But the government is having to play it by ear.• He heard jazz records at home when very young and played piano by ear.• Well, she would play it by ear.• So each played it by ear, with resulting policy shifts that often appeared to be not only sudden but incomprehensible.
12. play a joke/trick/prank on somebody JOKEto do something to someone as a joke or trick 跟某人開玩笑，捉弄某人
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play a joke/trick/prank on somebody• He had always played tricks on her.• Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.• Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.• Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.• In one of them, a man named Wakefield decides to play a joke on his wife.• Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.• They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.• It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.
13  play the game 
a) to do things in the way you are expected to do them or in a way that is usual in a particular situation 遵守規則，按規矩行事
If you want a promotion, you’ve got to play the game.
如果你想得到晉升，就要規規矩矩的。
b) FAIR British EnglishBrE to behave in a fair and honest way 辦事公道，光明正大
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play the game• Diillon won't get promoted if he's not willing to play the game.• Last year three hundred and sixty pupils were injured from three thousand schools who regularly play the game.• Most manufacturers have played the game.• Until that point we were really just playing the game.• We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game.• He thought he was playing the game again.• Just like playing the game itself, it seems.• I know how to play the game myself.• While online, the user could play the game, which would be stored in short-term memory.
14  play the race/nationalist/environmentalist etc card to use a particular subject in politics in order to gain an advantage 打種族/民族主義/環保主義等的牌〔指使用某個政治話題來赢得優勢〕
a leader who is skilfully playing the nationalist card to keep power
老練地打出民族主義牌以保持權力的一名領導人
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play the race/nationalist/environmentalist etc card• Mugabe now plays the race card.• It will give the various groups and Tory Members who seek to play the race card the opportunity to do so.
15  play your cards right SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto say or do things in a situation in such a way that you gain as much as possible from it 做事精明，處理得當
Who knows? If you play your cards right, maybe he’ll marry you.
誰知道呢？如果你精明些，說不定他會娶你呢。
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play your cards right• Oh, no - she knew how to play her cards right.• The domino effect can work for us as well as against us if we play our cards right.• This could all turn out for the best if he played his cards right.
16. play your cards close to your chest to keep secret what you are doing in a situation 對自己的行爲秘而不宣
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play your cards close to your chest• Roslin, known for playing his cards close to his vest, declined to comment.
17  play into somebody’s hands to do what someone you are competing with wants you to do, without realizing it 〔因做對手所希望的事〕正中對手下懷
If we respond with violence, we’ll be playing into their hands, giving them an excuse for a fight.
如果我們以暴力回應，就正中他們下懷，給了他們挑起爭鬥的借口。
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play into somebody’s hands• And what good you, you silly fool, playing into my hands like this?• Whatever he did would play into the hands of Isambard, whose traps were always dual, and could not be evaded.• We should be careful not to play into the hands of murderers.• Such action, I believed - and still believe - would have played into the hands of my enemies.• This, the futures industry frets, would play into the hands of Rep.• It plays into the hands of the opposition.• It would be playing into his hands to react to his deliberate teasing.
18  play for time DELAYto try to delay something so that you have more time to prepare for it or prevent it from happening 爲爭取時間而拖延
The rebels may be playing for time while they try to get more weapons.
叛亂分子可能在拖延時間，想搞到更多的武器。
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play for time• The governments, nervous, are playing for time.• The rebel's current ceasefire doesn't amount to much more than playing for time.• The U.S. strategy over the past weeks has been to play for time.• Henry's only plan at this moment was to play for time.• The confused evidence suggests they are acting on their own initiative, not on directives from East Berlin to play for time.• The government is playing for time.• Stop playing for time and give us an answer.• He decides, literally, to play for time and makes a debut at Nero's banquet that evening.• Truman played for time by appointing a brains trust of three to advise him.• Mr Kasyanov seems now to be playing for time, hoping to get through January without ferocious clashes with creditors.• Edmond Herv is a close friend and he tells me that sometimes you have to play for time to solve a problem.
19  play tricks (on you) if your mind, memory, sight etc plays tricks on you, you feel confused and not sure about what is happening 〔頭腦、記憶、視力等〕使（某人）産生錯覺
It happened a long time ago, and my memory might be playing tricks on me.
那是很久以前的事了，我記不清了。
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play tricks (on you)• He had always played tricks on her.• Her brain had to be playing tricks on her.• Jack felt edgy but convinced himself that his nerves were playing tricks on him.• Somewhat perturbed, Ted flung the door open still believing that the platelayers were playing tricks on him.• Yes, fate was playing tricks on me.• They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.• It allowed me to detect instances when time played tricks on the memory of some of the respondents.• He knew, too, that his head had been aching and that his mind was capable of playing tricks upon him.
20. play the market BFSRISKto risk money on the stock market as a way of trying to earn more money 〔在證券市場〕買賣證券
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play the market• For example: Do Social Security recipients want government playing the market?• The reverse, Adibi said, is true for those whose income is too low to play the market.• And this is why many growers are choosing to let their grain merchants play the markets for them.• The first swap was in December 1983 but the council had not begun to play the market in earnest until late 1987.
21  play the system ADVANTAGEto use the rules of a system in a clever way, to gain advantage for yourself 鑽制度的空子〔使自己得益〕
Accountants know how to play the tax system.
會計師知道如何鑽稅收制度的空子。
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play the system• Accountants know how to play the tax system.
22. play second fiddle (to somebody)  (also play second banana informal)IMPORTANT to be in a lower position or rank than someone else （給某人）當第二把手[副手]，居次要地位
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play second fiddle (to somebody)• Mr Pozsgay was simply fed up with playing second fiddle, a characteristic that was to re-emerge later.• Even the lyrics tend to play second fiddle and are generally added after the main melody has been composed.• He was never more than a B-movie actor, playing second fiddle to actors like Errol Flynn.• He had been a reluctant ally and may well have resented playing second fiddle to his younger brother.• The locals were not satisfied playing second fiddle to Los Angeles.• But putts and drives will play second fiddle to schmoozing when top sports celebrities take center stage at the golf club.• Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband.• She might also have simply got tired of playing second fiddle to the Prince's pastimes.• So often he has played second fiddle to Wright and notched only nine goals last season to his partner's 30.
23. play hard to get PRETENDATTRACTto pretend that you are not sexually interested in someone so that they will become more interested in you 〔對異性〕欲擒故縱〔故意裝出對某人不感興趣的樣子以吸引對方〕
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play hard to get• You should call her again - I think she's just playing hard to get.• And they may not just be playing hard to get.• I am not going to suggest that you play hard to get.• If it was Viola, she was obviously playing hard to get.• It had nothing to do with teasing or playing hard to get.
24. smile 笑容 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenSMILE if a smile plays about someone’s lips, they smile slightly 〔微笑〕浮現
25. play hooky American EnglishAmE, play truant British EnglishSE to stay away from school without permission 逃學，曠課
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play hooky• Maricela Roman will never forget the day her own 4-year-old ratted on her when she tried to play hooky.• Abraham and MacGregor begin tasting that delicious sense of playing hooky from life, just like two big, naughty kids.• A boy playing hooky in Texas is not a criminal who is put away for study.
26  play with fire DANGEROUSto do something that could have a very dangerous or harmful result 做危險的事，玩火
Dating the boss’s daughter is playing with fire.
和老板的女兒約會是在玩火。
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play with fire• Dating the boss's daughter is playing with fire.• The mask made him seem menacing, and she suddenly had the sensation that with Lucenzo she was playing with fire.• Failure to stick to the safety rules is simply playing with fire.• These men are criminals. If you get involved with them, you'll be playing with fire.• Charity stunt team warned ... you're playing with fire.• Roy Alon who appeared in many of the James Bond films said the team were playing with fire.• Sir Hugo advises Deronda not to play with fire.• So, your employer is playing with fire.• With Emma he had played with fire and narrowly escaped burning.• She was playing with fire, in Lydia's opinion.• Manchester United continue to play with fire, losing 2-1 against Anderlecht.
27  play to your strengths to do what you are able to do well, rather than trying to do other things 發揮自己的長處，拿出自己的優勢
It is up to us to play to our strengths and try to control the game.
要靠我們發揮自己的優勢，盡力控制比賽。
28  light 光線 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenSHINE if light plays on something, it shines on it and moves on it 〔在…上〕閃爍，掠過
the sunlight playing on the water
在水面閃爍的陽光
29. water 水 [intransitiveI] written if a fountain plays, water comes from it 〔噴泉〕噴水
30. play a hose/light on something MOVE something OR somebodyto point a hose or light towards something so that water or light goes onto it 把軟管/光線對準某處
31. play the field SEX/HAVE SEX WITHto have sexual relationships with a lot of different people 亂搞男女關系，濫交
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play the field• Better chance to play the field.• Perhaps because he plays the field.• He gave up playing the field and married a year ago, to a sinewy woman called Cheryl Berkoff.• So she had played the field, enjoying male company without getting in too deep or too seriously.
32  play fast and loose with something to not be careful about what you do, especially by not obeying the law or a rule 不負責任地利用某物〔尤指不遵守法律或規定〕
They played fast and loose with investors’ money.
他們濫用了投資者的資金。
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play fast and loose with something• They probably see it as a place where government plays fast and loose with tax dollars.• And there is his willingness to play fast and loose with the facts.• Besides, it is playing fast and loose with the statistics to take 1981 as the baseline for the Government's claims.• To say that the Wattersons had played fast and loose with their investors' capital was an understatement.• In what follows, I shall play fast and loose with these words and the subtle distinctions between them.
33. play happy families British EnglishBrE to spend time with your family, doing normal things, especially so that your family appears to be happy when it is not 維持幸福家庭的假象
 PHRASAL VERBS
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play• Kendra's in her room playing.• Ask Alex if he wants to play.• In the Pittsburgh-Bills game, I have to like the way Buffalo is playing.• Age-sensitive political issues such as Social Security and Medicare will play a major role in the campaign, of course.• Your child can play all three goats and you the troll if there are just the two of you.• Karl loves basketball and plays almost every weekend.• Blake's composing and playing are, perhaps ironically, bristling with life.• Relaxing music is played at the beginning of the float and again at the end to indicate your time is up.• I have a recording of Kreisler playing Bach's E major concerto.• Do you know how to play backgammon?• The neck feels solid and moderately chubby, although not immediately reminiscent of anything I've played before.• Charles likes to play Celtic music on his flute.• I've only played chess a few times.• Did you ever play doctors and nurses when you were small?• It's been a long time since I played hockey.• Come on - let's go inside and play house!• I'm playing in a tennis match this Sunday.• Do you play in an orchestra?• Every Sunday we play Monopoly or some other board game.• I used to play tennis all the time.• I played the ace of clubs and won the game.• Matt plays the drums.• She tried to teach him how to play the piano, but he had no great talent for it.• I didn't know you could play the violin.• "They played well against us, " Cooper said, "I have to give them credit."• Jimmy was playing with a little boat in the bathtub.• Ian was upstairs playing with his new train set.
play catch/house/tag/school etc• Got too possessive, kept wanting to play house.• Some legislators set up housekeeping when the biennial gatherings began and played house for the six-month sessions.• Elegantly restored ballroom that plays house, garage and disco to a smartly dressed, trendy crowd-no jeans or trainers.• I read to him, played catch in the alley and taught him how to ride his new bike.• Universal Pictures wanted Chase to play house philanderer Otter, and the role was offered to him.• This was not playing catch; this was important.• The voice was not what I'd have expected from a girl who'd been playing house with a mug like Mahoney.• From my second-floor vantage point I could see my classmates as they tumbled out into the quad playing catch with my shoes.
play for• Iverson plays for the Philadelphia 76ers.
play a record/CD/tape etc• I was intensely interested in journalism, and all the things around it, whether it was performing or actually playing records.• I was talking to her at a women's group meeting - we were playing records.• They also perform surgery, detect radiation and play records.• We help each other with homework ... then play records and that.• The operator plays a recording from one recent evening.• This gave us an overall playing record of four wins out of six matches played, with one defeat and one match abandoned.• No baby, just a tape recorder playing a tape of my little sister crying when she was a baby.• Some people think you just play records, when in fact you're putting together a whole programme.
play a role/part/character etc• The goals are to make sure everyone understands, everyone plays a part, and everyone shares in the credit.• Throughout the play characters are giving advice to one another as to how they should behave.• The New Man rejects traditional roles of parenthood and likes to play a part in decision-making.• Interestingly the commercial value of the site did not play a part in the calculation.• Do methods of communication play a part in the creation of this desirable environment?• The fourth dimension also played a part in uniting a number of abstract painters and sculptors in the inter-war period.• Third, the student plays a role of dissent.• So, although new designs and reorganizations play a role, they are never enough to shape a complete vision of how.
playing dead• The snake fools predators by playing dead.• Indeed, it must be fully aware of what is happening to it when it is playing dead.• Liz thought of an insect playing dead.• I just laid there playing dead, and he was pawing the ground, trying to get me to get up.
play it carefully/cool etc• Have to find out for himself, no other way, poke around, listen, ask, play it carefully.• She was trying to play it cool.• The band had wanted a major deal for at least two years previously, but were determined to play it cool.• Rather than rushing into print in Nature, however, Cantor played it cool and cautious.• Tod's playing it cool, of course, as always.• Plus, playing it cool ... the dark secrets of an orchid grower And, who said Robins could sing?
Related topics: Theatre
play2 ●●● S1 W2 noun
1  theatre 劇院 [countableC]APT a story that is written to be performed by actors, especially in a theatre 劇本；戲劇
a play by Chekhov
一出契诃夫的戲劇
This is a major theme of Miller’s plays.
這是米勒劇作中的首要主題。
play about
Edward Bond’s play about class war
愛德華·邦德關於階級鬥爭的戲劇
2  amusement 娛樂 [uncountableU]PLAY A GAME OR SPORT things that people, especially children, do for amusement rather than as work 〔尤指兒童的〕遊戲，玩耍；娛樂
Play is very important to a child’s development.
遊戲對孩子的成長十分重要。
a play area
遊戲區
through play
The program aims to teach road safety through play.
這個節目旨在通過遊戲進行道路交通安全的教育。
at play
the happy shouts of children at play
孩子玩耍時快樂的叫嚷聲
3  effect 效果 [uncountableU] the effect or influence of something 影響；作用
the free play of competition in the building industry
建築業競爭的自由調節作用
at play
There are a number of factors at play (=having an effect) in the current recession.
目前的不景氣是由多重因素引發的。
bring/put something into play (=use something or make it have an effect) 使用某事物；使某事物發揮作用
A complex system of muscles is brought into play for each body movement.
身體的每一個動作都需要複雜的肌肉系統運動。
Political considerations do come into play (=have an effect) when making policy.
制定政策時，政治因素確有影響。
4  action in a game or sport 比賽或體育活動中的動作PLAY A GAME OR SPORT
a) [uncountableU] the actions of the people who are playing a game or sport 比賽
Rain stopped play after only an hour.
比賽才進行了一小時就因雨告停。
b) [countableC] one particular action or set of actions during a game 〔比賽中的〕一個[套]動作
On the next play, Johnson ran 15 yards for a touchdown.
接下來的一次進攻，約翰遜跑了15碼持球觸地得分。
5  in play/out of play DSif a ball is in play or out of play, it is inside or outside the area in which the rules of the game allow you to hit, kick, catch etc the ball 〔球〕在界内/界外
He kicked the ball out of play.
他把球踢出界外。
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in play/out of play• Courier put only 50 percent of his first serves in play.
6. play on words SAYa use of a word that is interesting or amusing because it can be understood as having two very different meanings 使用雙關語 SYN pun
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play on words• But most of all, children laugh at jokes that are a play on words.• Perhaps the best solution is to see the place as a play on words.• Some scholars believe that Matthew is making a play on words and that the original word was Nezer.• In this chapter, I hope to show that these distinctions are important and not merely a play on words.• This was a play on words.• With Abraham's and Sarah's laughter the storyteller is indulging in another play on words.• Such, at least, is the suggestion of that play on words.• None the less the play on words is there in the text, and is appropriate.
7  play of light LIGHTpatterns made by light as it moves over a surface 光的閃爍
the play of light on the water
波光粼粼
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play of light• Make notes as you watch the play of light in various areas as the sun tracks east to west across the sky.• I have a wonderful play of light and shade, and the tungsten light gives a very similar effect.
8  make a play for something TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto make an attempt to gain something 設法得到某物
He made a play for the leadership last year.
他去年曾角逐領導權。
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make a play for something• Left alone for a few minutes on Vik's birthday, Karen makes a play for Steve.• Kramer wondered if she was worth making a play for.• Surely only the most decadent of aristocrats would make a play for another woman while his wife was in the same room.
9  make a play for somebody to try to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with someone 想和某人戀愛[發生性關系]
It’s obvious he was making a play for her.
顯然他在追求她。
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make a play for somebody• Left alone for a few minutes on Vik's birthday, Karen makes a play for Steve.• Kramer wondered if she was worth making a play for.• Surely only the most decadent of aristocrats would make a play for another woman while his wife was in the same room.
10  looseness 鬆動 [uncountableU]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION if there is some play in something, it is loose and can be moved 鬆動
There’s too much play in the rope.
那根繩子太鬆了。
→ fair play, foul play
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
write a play 寫劇本
So far, he has written three plays.
迄今他已寫了三個劇本。
go to (see) a play 看戲
While we were in New York, we went to a play.
我們在紐約時去看了一出戲。
see a play 看戲
I’ve never seen the play.
我從未看過這出戲。
watch a play 〔認真〕看戲
Some of the audience were talking instead of watching the play.
一些觀衆在講話,而不在觀劇。
perform a play 演戲
The play was performed by Brighton Youth Theatre.
該劇由布賴頓青年劇團出演。
act/perform/appear in a play 出演某劇
nShe acted in many plays on the London stage.
be in a play (=be performing in a play) 出演某劇
nMichael is currently in a play on Broadway.
ndo a play spoken (=arrange it or perform in it)
Bob asked if I would do this play, and I agreed.
put on a play (=arrange for it to be performed) 上演某劇
nThe school puts on a Nativity play every Christmas.
direct a play (=tell the actors what to do) 執導某劇
nThe play is directed by Paulette Randall.
produce/stage a play (=arrange its performance) 制作/上演某劇
rehearse a play (=practise it) 排演
nWe spent weeks rehearsing the play.
na play opens (=its performances start)
The play opens in San Francisco on Wednesday for a three-week run.
na play runs (=it continues to be performed)
The play ran for five months.
na play closes (=its performances stop)
The play closes on Sunday, so don’t miss it!
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + play
a stage play (=a play in a theatre) 舞台劇
I occasionally write reviews of local stage plays.
我偶爾會寫文章評論本地的舞台劇。
a TV/radio play (=a play written to be performed on TV/radio) 電視劇/廣播劇
nThis horror story would make a good radio play.
a school play 校園劇
nI got a small part in the school play.
na Nativity play British EnglishBrE (=a play about the birth of Jesus, performed by children at Christmas)
She was chosen to play Mary in the nativity play.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘give a play’. Say put on a play.
不要說 ‘give a play’. 而要說 put on a play.
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play• He chose to do this by re-writing the scene in the form of a script for a play.• After Troilus and Cressida almost any play is a relief, even the brothel scenes of Pericles.• His doubts only increased when he performed another job, midway to finally making up his mind about the Bolt play.• Make enough plays like that and nobody in the clubhouse will care if you ever say a word.• "Pygmalion" was one of Shaw's most famous plays.• This brings into play an area of training known as free sparring.• There needs to be a little more play in the fan belt for it to work right.• On the next play, Ervin caught a forty-yard pass to score a touchdown.• Parents need to understand the importance of play in a child's development.• There's a huge difference in the level of play from college to the NFL.• Episodes are based on dialogues, role play and cloze exercises, with the emphasis on building awareness of language appropriateness.• These characters can be used to start play very quickly, saving time for eager players!• The play is about two men on trial for murder.
at play• By observing children at play , teachers can understand more about how they see the world.• There are some important medical considerations at play in this tropical locale.
bring/put something into play• However, an unreasonable deviation brings s.12 into play.• They suggested that the impact be harder, which would automatically contract the probe mechanism bringing the latches into play.• I try to imagine the arguments another lawyer might bring into play.• But what really puts the company into play is the fact that its stock has basically tanked.• In so doing, this overrides the channel selector, bringing both channels into play at once.• Typically, some one has a bright idea and decides to put it into play.• Now a report from the Pensions Management Institute has suggested ways of changing the law to bring pension rights into play.• It may have the means, but be unwilling or unable to bring them into play at a particular time.• This time he was putting his heart into playing an angel in a Nativity play at the local church.
From Longman Business Dictionary
playplay1 /pleɪ/ verb [transitiveT]
1play the market(s)FINANCE if you play the market, you buy and sell shares on the stockmarket, especially to make a quick profit rather than as an investment for the future
Unless you can afford to lose money occasionally, it’s foolish to play the market in later life.
2play the system to use the rules of a system in a clever way in order to gain an advantage
These accountants know how to play the tax system.
3have money to play with to have extra money which you can use for a particular purpose
If you do get a severance check (=money you get from your employer when you lose your job) and land a job immediately, you’ll have some extra money to play with.
playplay2 noun [countableC]
1informalFINANCE an occasion when someone risks money on a financial market
In stock options, the biggest play of the day was in BP.
2in play journalismFINANCE if a company is in play, it may be bought in a TAKEOVER
The company has strongly denied it’s in play.
Origin play1
Old English plegan
 play2
Old English plega

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