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

• Can he play at the baseball game?
  他能来参加棒球赛吗？
• I like to play at being capricious.
  我喜欢假装得很善变。
• He likes to play at night.
  他喜欢在晚上玩。
• 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。
• 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。
• '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。”
• Everyone told me I shouldn't go because I wouldn't be able to play at that level.
  每个人都对我说我不应该去北卡大学，因为我的篮球还没有打到那个水平。
• She began to wonder what he was playing at
  她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。
• I discovered that my husband was having an affair& well, two can play at that game!
  我发现我丈夫有外遇&好了，那一套不只他会，我也会！
• 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。