play on

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！
• I want to play on a sunny day.
  我想在阳光下尽情玩耍。
• And they will play on your big screen.
  视频就会在大屏幕的电视上播放。
• I will play on a beach again!
  我又可以在海边玩了！
• 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。
• But he wants me to play on a radio show tomorrow.
  但是他要我明天上广播节目演奏。
• Don't play on your partner's emotions.
  不要玩弄你伴侣的情感。
• I can play on this level. I got some game.
  “我能在这个层面上发挥，我有比赛要参加了”。
• I wish I had seen the play on TV the other night.
  我希望那天晚上看了那部电视剧。
• 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。