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

• You say he's been invited to play at krewe island next month?
  你说他下个月会参加克鲁岛的比赛吗？
• She can play at that level. She's proven it by beating excellent players in the previous weeks.
  她能打出这样的水平，在前几个星期她打败了好几个非常优秀的选手，证明她有这个能力。
• Have you decided what music you'd like us to play at the party?
  你是否决定了在晚会上希望我们演奏哪种音乐？
• 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。
• At school they did a little play at christmas.
  圣诞节那天，他们在学校上演了一出短剧。
• 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）？
• She began to wonder what he was playing at
  她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。
• 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 like to play at being capricious.
  我喜欢假装得很善变。
• We enjoyed the new play at the theatre.
  我们欣赏了剧院新上演的戏。