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

• The new play at the National Theatre is pulling in large audiences.
  在国家剧院上演的新剧目吸引了大批观众。
• 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。
• '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。”
• She began to wonder what he was playing at
  她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。
• 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？
• It's a great thrill for a cricket-lover like me to play at the home of cricket.
  对我这样的板球爱好者来说，能够在板球的故乡比赛是一件令人无比兴奋的事。
• He is no fun to play at chess because he's always changing his moves.
  跟他下棋没劲，他老是拔招。
• I came to become a good footballer, to grow, to play at the highest level.
  我来是因为我要成为一名优秀的足球运动员，去成长，去参加更高水平的比赛。
• Newcastle and England striker Michael Owen has revealed that he might not play at all this season.
  纽卡斯尔联队和英国兰的射手迈克尔欧文透露说他可能会错过本赛季的所有比赛。
• We enjoyed the new play at the theatre.
  我们欣赏了剧院新上演的戏。