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

• 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。
• 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？
• We enjoyed the new play at the theatre.
  我们欣赏了剧院新上演的戏。
• I was singled out to perform a play at the graduation ceremony.
  毕业典礼上，我被单独挑出来演节目。出丑了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• To play at top on all fronts will be hard, but we are ready for it.
  在各条战线上都取得好成绩是困难的，但我们准备好了。
• I like to play at being capricious.
  我喜欢假装得很善变。