英语短语词组play off的释义、翻译、用法及例句-英语短语词组词典

短语	play off
释义	play off 1. BrEif people or teams play off, they play the last game in a sports competition, in order to decide who is the winner决胜负:•The top two teams will play off at Twickenham for the county title.成绩最好的两支球队将在推肯汉姆体育场为争夺郡冠军称号一决雌雄。2. play off sb / sth AmEto deliberately use a fact, action, idea etc in order to make what you are doing better or to get an advantage故意压制某人/某物:•The two musicians played off each other in a piece of inspired improvisation.两位乐师在表演一首精彩的即兴曲时争强斗胜。 play off (of two teams or competitors) play an extra match to decide a draw or tie （两支运动队或两个竞赛者打成平局后）打加时赛（或附加赛）。 play off1. put sb. in competition with sb. else, so to benefit from it 在…之间挑拨以从中获利 * She was always playing her two brothers off against each other. 她总是在她两个兄弟之间挑起争端。 * The practice of playing off one great power against another is not new. 挑拨一个强国对抗另一个强国并不是什么新的手法。2. play or complete the playing of (an interrupted or delayed match) ; break (a tie) by playing once more 举行或完成（中断了的比赛）；（平局后）再赛以决胜负 * Smith and Peter will play off next week. 史密斯和彼得下周举行决赛。 * The visitors came back the next Saturday to play off the game stopped by rain. 客队下星期六来进行因雨天而停止的比赛。 * When each player had won two matches, the championship was decided by playing off the tie. 两个选手都各赢两局后，再赛一局以决定冠军。3. make fun of 取笑 * Jones always tried to play off poor old Smith who stammered badly. 琼斯总想嘲弄可怜的老史密斯，因为他口吃得很厉害。4. pretend 假装 * The man is not ill; he is playing off. 这人没病，他是在装病。
随便看	swear sb to secrecy swear sb to secrecy / silence swear sb↔in swear sb ↔ in swear something out swear to swear to sth sweat blood sweat buckets sweat bullets sweat from every pore sweat it out sweat like a pig sweat one’s guts out sweat out sweat out a/the cold sweat sth↔off sweat sth ↔ off sweat sth ↔ out sweat the small stuff sweat（或work）one's guts out sweep all before one sweep / brush sth under the carpet sweep everything into one’s net sweeping statement / generalization

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