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

• If he continued to act this way, I'd not let him play at all.
  如果他继续这样的行为，我就再也不让他踢球了。
• I discovered that my husband was having an affair& well, two can play at that game!
  我发现我丈夫有外遇&好了，那一套不只他会，我也会！
• For a Dane, it's about having respect for the club you play at.
  对于丹麦人来说，这关系到你是否尊重你所效力的球队。
• In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital;
  哪一种语言人们可以在一出戏中朗诵，在朗诵中玩（分别指演戏和开独唱会）？
• 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。
• He likes to play at night.
  他喜欢在晚上玩。
• It's suggested that we ( should) put on a short play at the party.
  有人建议我们在晚会上演一个短剧。
• She began to wonder what he was playing at
  她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。
• Can he play at the baseball game?
  他能来参加棒球赛吗？
• Boys used to play at cowboys and Indians.
  男孩们过去常玩西部牛仔与印第安人的游戏。