| 短语 | play up |
| 释义 | play up 1. play sth ↔ up to emphasize something, sometimes making it seem more important than it really is强调某事物的重要性; 夸大某事物; 大肆渲染某事物:•Play up your strongest arguments in the opening paragraph.在第一段中要突出最强有力的论据。2. play (sb) up BrE informalif children play up, they behave badly〔孩子〕捣蛋; 使（某人）恼火，给（某人）制造麻烦:•Jordan's been playing up in school.乔丹一直在学校里惹麻烦。•I hope the kids don't play you up.我希望孩子们不会烦到你。3. play (sb) up BrE informalto hurt you or cause problems for you使（某人）感到痛苦; 给（某人）造成麻烦:•My knee's been playing me up this week.这星期我的膝盖一直不舒服。•The car's playing up again.车子又出问题了。 play up Brit. 1. informal (of a child) misbehave 〈非正式〉（小孩）捣蛋, 制造麻烦： I hadn't had much sleep - the kids had been playing up. 我没有睡多少觉, 小孩子们一直在捣乱。 ■ fail to function properly 〈英, 非正式〉出故障： his phone line was constantly playing up. 他的电话线老出故障。 2. put all one's energy into a game 〈英〉拼命投入（比赛）。 ˌplay ˈup|ˌplay sb ˈup(informal) (especially BrE)to cause sb problems or pain（给某人）添麻烦；使痛苦The kids have been playing up all day.孩子们整天价惹麻烦。My shoulder is playing me up today.我的肩膀今天疼起来了。play up1. emphasize 强调 * The coach played up the possibilities of success. 教练竭力强调成功的可能性。 * In the article he plays himself up and plays the others down. 在文章中他抬高自己，贬低别人。2. play well; do one's best 赛好；加油 * I expect them to play up this afternoon. 我希望他们今天下午赛出水平来。3. behave mischievously; cause trouble 调皮；折磨；制造麻烦 * The new teacher didn't know what to do when the class started playing up. 班级开始乱哄哄时，新来的老师不知该怎么办。 * The old wound has been playing up again lately. 近来旧伤又在折磨人。 * Those children do play their parents up. 那些孩子确实给父母惹麻烦。 * The engine began playing up. 引擎开始出毛病了。4. (a band) begin to play（乐队）开始演奏 * The band played up the national anthem. 乐队奏起了国歌。play up〈口语〉1.(比赛时)加油;使劲：“Play up，boys!”shouted the audience.观众们高呼：“伙计们，加油!”2.淘气;恶作剧：These boys often play up but their mothers pretend not to know.这些男孩们时常恶作剧，但是他们的母亲们都假装不知道。 |
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