| 词汇 | play on/upon something |
| 释义 | play on/upon somethingplay on/upon something phrasal verbphr v USE somethingto use a feeling, fact, or idea in order to get what you want, often in an unfair way 利用〔某一感情、事实或观点〕 The ad plays on our emotions, showing a doctor holding a newborn baby. 广告中一名医生抱着一个新生婴儿，那是在利用我们的情感。 Examples from the Corpus play on/upon • Senior Pat Graham is playing on a sore, possibly broken, foot.• The ties will be played on April 6 and April 20.• Leckie, too, liked to play on his ties to Symington.• But referee Neale Barry waved play on much to Ince's fury.• Collins saw the play on television and winced.• He also plays on three albums with Paul, two with Michael Brecker and one with Maria Schneider.• Mat a brute that man must be who said that the finest instrument to play upon was a sensitive impressionable woman!• None the less the play on words is there in the text, and is appropriate. → play on/upon something at play1(PHRASAL VERB) |
| 随便看 |
|
时代网英语在线翻译词典收录了323754条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。