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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

• 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！
• Can we play on saturday?
  那我们星期六可以一起玩吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• Little boys, being what they are, might decide to play on it
  出于天性，小男孩们可能会决定利用这一点。
• The new student is still wet behind the ears; he has not yet learned the tricks that the boys play on each other.
  那个新学生依然无所适从，他还不知道同学们彼此间玩的什么把戏。
• You play on the violin beautifully.
  你拉小提琴拉得美极了。
• 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。
• Your system has been modified, please remove the modification to play on this server.
  你的系统已经被修正，请除去修正利用这一个服务器。
• Personally, I find a good play on tv's interesting.
  我个人觉得电视上好的剧目很有意思。