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VERB
玩；玩耍
When children, animals, or perhaps adults play, they spend time doing enjoyable things, such as using toys and taking part in games.
例句
...invite the children round to play...
邀请孩子们来玩
They played in the little garden...
他们在小花园里玩耍。
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V-RECIP
参加（体育活动、比赛等）
When you play a sport, game, or match, you take part in it.
例句
While the twins played cards, Francis sat reading...
那对双胞胎玩扑克牌的时候，弗朗西斯坐着看书。
Alain was playing cards with his friends...
阿兰正和朋友打扑克牌。
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VERB
（和…）比赛
When one person or team plays another or plays against them, they compete against them in a sport or game.
例句
Northern Ireland will play Latvia...
北爱尔兰队将对阵拉脱维亚队。
I've played against him a few times.
我已多次和他交手。
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VERB
（比赛等中）打出，踢出，击出（球）
When you play the ball or play a shot in a game or sport, you kick or hit the ball.
例句
Think first before playing the ball...
踢出球前先想一想。
Sikander Bakht played a bad shot...
西坎德尔·巴克特击出一记坏球。
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VERB
开（玩笑）；耍（花招）；搞（恶作剧）
If you play a joke or a trick on someone, you deceive them or give them a surprise in a way that you think is funny, but that often causes problems for them or annoys them.
例句
Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps...
有人搞恶作剧整她，在最高的台阶上拉了一根绳子。
I thought: 'This cannot be happening, somebody must be playing a joke'.
我想：“这不可能发生，肯定是谁在开玩笑。”
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VERB
随意摆弄；弄着玩
If you play with an object or with your hair, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers, perhaps because you are bored or nervous.
例句
She stared at the floor, idly playing with the strap of her handbag.
她眼睛盯着地板，漫不经心地摆弄着手提包的带子。
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N-COUNT
剧本；戏剧
A play is a piece of writing which is performed in a theatre, on the radio, or on television.
例句
The company put on a play about the homeless...
这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。
It's my favourite Shakespeare play.
它是我最喜欢的一部莎士比亚戏剧。
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VERB
扮演，饰演（角色等）
If an actor plays a role or character in a play or film, he or she performs the part of that character.
例句
...Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, in which he played Hyde...
他在其中饰演海德一角的《化身博士》
His ambition is to play the part of Dracula.
他渴望扮演德拉库拉。
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V-LINK
装扮；假装；充当
You can use play to describe how someone behaves, when they are deliberately behaving in a certain way or like a certain type of person. For example, to play the innocent, means to pretend to be innocent, and to play deaf means to pretend not to hear something.
例句
Hill tried to play the peacemaker...
希尔想要充当和事佬。
She was just playing the devoted mother...
她只是装得像个尽心尽责的母亲似的。
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VERB
（以…方式）对待，处置，处理
You can describe how someone deals with a situation by saying that they play it in a certain way. For example, if someone plays it cool, they keep calm and do not show much emotion, and if someone plays it straight, they behave in an honest and direct way.
例句
Investors are playing it cautious, and they're playing it smart.
投资者审慎精明地行事。
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V-ERG
演奏（乐器或乐曲）
If you play a musical instrument or play a tune on a musical instrument, or if a musical instrument plays, music is produced from it.
例句
Nina had been playing the piano...
尼娜一直都在弹钢琴。
Two people played jazz on a piano...
两人联手在一架钢琴上演奏爵士乐。
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V-ERG
播放（唱片、CD或磁带）
If you play a record, a CD, or a tape, you put it into a machine and sound is produced. If a record, CD, or tape is playing, sound is being produced from it.
例句
She played her records too loudly...
她播放唱片时音量太大了。
Every evening in those days the BBC played 'God Save The King'...
那些日子里，英国广播公司每天晚上都会播放《天佑吾王》。
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VERB
（音乐家、乐队等）表演；举办（音乐会）
If a musician or group of musicians plays or plays a concert, they perform music for people to listen or dance to.
例句
A band was playing...
乐队在表演。
He will play concerts in Amsterdam and Paris.
他将在阿姆斯特丹和巴黎举办音乐会。
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VERB
（光）轻快地移动
When light plays somewhere, it moves about on a surface in an unsteady way.
例句
The sun played on the frosty roofs.
阳光在结霜的屋顶上闪烁变幻。
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PHRASE
搞什么名堂；干什么蠢事
If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong.
例句
What the hell are you playing at?
你究竟在搞什么名堂？
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PHRASE
（使）开始活动；（使）投入使用； （使）开始起作用
When something comes into play or is brought into play, it begins to be used or to have an effect.
例句
The real existence of a military option will come into play...
存在选择军事手段的切实可能这一点将会起到作用。
Breathing brings many muscles into play.
呼吸使很多肌肉活动起来。
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PHRASE
（在…中）发挥作用，产生影响
If something or someone plays a part or plays a role in a situation, they are involved in it and have an effect on it.
例句
They played a part in the life of their community...
他们参与到了自己社区的生活中。
The UN would play a major role in monitoring a ceasefire.
联合国在监督停火方面会发挥重要作用。