| 单词 | play off |
| 释义 | play off 1．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。 |
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