make a play for1 TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto make an attempt to gain something 设法得到某物 He made a play for the leadership last year. 他去年曾角逐领导权。
make a play for something• Left alone for a few minutes on Vik's birthday, Karen makes a play for Steve.• Kramer wondered if she was worth making a play for.• Surely only the most decadent of aristocrats would make a play for another woman while his wife was in the same room.
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2 to try to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with someone 想和某人恋爱[发生性关系] It’s obvious he was making a play for her. 显然他在追求她。
make a play for somebody• Left alone for a few minutes on Vik's birthday, Karen makes a play for Steve.• Kramer wondered if she was worth making a play for.• Surely only the most decadent of aristocrats would make a play for another woman while his wife was in the same room.
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