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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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）？
• Everyone told me I shouldn't go because I wouldn't be able to play at that level.
  每个人都对我说我不应该去北卡大学，因为我的篮球还没有打到那个水平。
• I like to play at being capricious.
  我喜欢假装得很善变。
• 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！
• 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。
• He's a very ambitious lad and he wants to play at the highest level.
  他是个很有抱负的小伙子，想参加最高水平的比赛。
• 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 began to wonder what he was playing at
  她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。