play up

英 [pleɪ ʌp]

美 [pleɪ ʌp]

强调…的重要性; 夸大; 渲染; （机器、身体部位等）（给…）制造麻烦，（使）痛苦; （小孩）淘气，不听话

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 强调…的重要性；夸大；渲染
  If youplay upsomething, you emphasize it and try to make people believe that it is important.
  1. The media played up the prospects for a settlement...
     媒体夸大了达成和解的可能性。
  2. His Japanese ancestry has been played up by some of his opponents.
     他的日本血统被一些对手大肆渲染。
• PHRASAL VERB （机器、身体部位等）（给…）制造麻烦，（使）痛苦
  If something such as a machine or a part of your bodyis playing uporis playingyouup, it is causing problems because it is not working properly.
  1. The engine had been playing up...
     发动机一直有问题。
  2. It was his back playing him up.
     是他的后背在作痛。
• PHRASAL VERB （小孩）淘气，不听话
  When childrenplay up, they are naughty and difficult to control.
  1. Patrick often plays up when he knows I'm in a hurry.
     帕特里克常常明知我手忙脚乱还要调皮捣蛋。

英英释义

verb

• move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
  1. The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics
  Synonym:foregroundhighlightspotlight
• ingratiate oneself to
  1. She is playing up to the chairman
  Synonym:cozy upcotton upshine upsidle upsuck up

双语例句

• United moved Giggs to play up front.
  联队将吉格斯移上去踢前锋。
• The American joke is to play up to the European ( and Eastern) legend of the West.
  美国笑话是向欧洲人（和东方人）吹嘘西部的传说。
• It was his back playing him up.
  是他的后背在作痛。
• I know you try to play down my part in the affair and play up your own.
  我知道你有意贬低我在这件事中起的作用，而抬高你自己。
• And want our friends to sing dance, play up the pleasure.
  我们要和朋友们跳舞唱歌，渲染喜悦。
• He fouled the whole play up by forgetting his part.
  他把台词给忘了，以致将整个戏搞杂了。
• I expect them to play up this afternoon.
  我希望他们下午比赛时拿出劲来。
• He wanted two good actresses to play up to him.
  他想要两个出色的女演员担任配角。
• Consider staying in your industry but moving to a new role so you can play up your industry knowledge.
  你可以考虑呆在你目前的行业，不过换个新的岗位，这样你就可以积累行业知识。
• He tried to play down my part in the work and play up his own.
  他极力贬低我在这工作中的作用，而拼命抬高他自己的份量。