play out

英 [pleɪ aʊt]

美 [pleɪ aʊt]

（使）（戏剧性事件）逐渐发生; （使）展开

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （使）（戏剧性的事件）逐渐发生；（使）展开
  If a dramatic eventis played out, it gradually takes place.
  1. Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment...
     她对工会的改革是在失业率不断上升的背景下展开的。
  2. The film has eerie parallels with the drama being played out in real life.
     这部电影和现实生活中发生的一系列戏剧性事件有着诡异的巧合之处。

英英释义

verb

• become spent or exhausted
  1. The champion's strength played out fast
• play to a finish
  1. We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last
• perform or be performed to the end
  1. How will the election drama be played out?
• deplete
  1. exhaust one's savings
  2. We quickly played out our strength
  Synonym:run downexhaustsaptire

双语例句

• In fact, the operatic sagas that play out in the newspapers contain some of the real-life rules.
  事实上，报纸上演绎的一幕幕包含了现实生活中的某些规则。
• The best way to start everyday is in exactly the manner you want your day to play out.
  开始一天最好的方式，完全是按照你想要的方式进行的。
• And I honestly do not know how this is going to play out.
  老实说，我不知道这会怎样发展下去。
• Lily would like this to play out in a certain way.
  LILY会愿意用某种方式了结此事的。
• The question remains compelling: What is wisdom, and how does it play out in individual lives?
  相关问题至今仍难以捉摸，引人深思：什么是智慧？它在一个人的生活中发挥了怎样的作用？
• It's good for children to play out of doors.
  在户外玩耍对孩子们有好处。
• I'm not quite sure where, on balance, we should say how these things play out.
  我不是很肯定，总的来说，这些事情是怎么进行的。
• It is unclear how this recovery will play out.
  目前尚不确定这次的复苏将如何上演。
• Mother and father play out the roles assigned to them.
  母亲和父亲扮演分派给他们的角色。
• How does this play out in regards to the Novell agreement made this last fall?
  那么去年秋天和Novell达成的协议又将扮演什么样的角色呢？