play on

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

• Don't play on your partner's emotions.
  不要玩弄你伴侣的情感。
• 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。
• You mustn't play on the road.
  你一定不要在马路上玩。
• 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！
• You must go and see that new play on broadway.
  你得去百老汇看那场新戏。
• The only thing we can do is play on the one stage we have.
  我们唯一能做的就是扮好自己的角色。
• 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。
• I like to play on the swing and he likes to play on the seesaw.
  我喜欢玩荡秋千而他喜欢玩跷跷板。
• 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。
• Every year they put a play on at Saint Holy Cross Church
  他们每年在圣十字教堂上演一出剧目。