play along

英 [pleɪ əˈlɒŋ]

美 [pleɪ əˈlɔːŋ]

（暂且对…）附和; （暂时与…）合作

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （暂且对…）附和；（暂时与…）合作
  If youplay along witha person, with what they say, or with their plans, you appear to agree with them and do what they want, even though you are not sure whether they are right.
  1. My mother has learnt to play along with the bizarre conversations begun by father...
     母亲学会了假装附和由父亲起头的古怪话题。
  2. He led the way to the lift. Fox played along, following him.
     他朝电梯走去，福克斯只得紧随其后。

英英释义

verb

• perform an accompaniment to
  1. The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
  Synonym:accompanyfollow
• cooperate or pretend to cooperate
  1. He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment
  Synonym:go along

双语例句

• The Free Body Culture gave me a gift I might never have received had I refused to play along.
  自由身体文化给了我一份如果我拒绝参与就可能永远得不到的礼物。
• The kids play along the bank, clambering over a tree that spans the water.
  孩子们在河岸上嬉耍，爬上一棵斜伸到水面上的树。
• You can play along the lines of what the coach told you.
  你就按教练教你的方法去练。
• Lying big, and getting'a whole damn world to play along with you.
  撒一个弥天大谎，（你就能）玩转整个世界于股掌之中。
• China seems quite happy to play along, provided it can extract maximum advantage elsewhere.
  而中国只要能够从其它地方获得最大利益，似乎也相当乐于配合。
• He was in charge, so I had to play along with his ideas.
  他是负责人，对他的念头我只好服从。
• When I go home we'll all play along.
  当我回家，我们都会一起玩。
• But she decided to play along, got hermsuit on, and went out and joined the party.
  但她还是决定和他们一起玩，她换上泳装，走出家门，加入了聚会。
• It was extremely distressing to frequently receive emails from the owners of Ext, LLC threating to sue me if I didn't play along with their plans.
  让人伤神的是我常常会收到来自Ext，LLC的email，威胁如果我不参与他们的计划就要起诉我。
• Sometimes they would play along with us and pretend to be scared by some ghost or witch.
  有时候他们会跟我们一起玩，假装被鬼或者女巫吓着了。