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。
• It's suggested that we ( should) put on a short play at the party.
  有人建议我们在晚会上演一个短剧。
• I came to become a good footballer, to grow, to play at the highest level.
  我来是因为我要成为一名优秀的足球运动员，去成长，去参加更高水平的比赛。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ed played at being a pirate.
  埃德扮海盗玩。
• 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。
• '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。”
• At school they did a little play at christmas.
  圣诞节那天，他们在学校上演了一出短剧。
• She began to wonder what he was playing at
  她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。