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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...
邀請孩子們來玩
They played in the little garden...
他們在小花園里玩耍。
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V-RECIP
參加（體育活動、比賽等）
When you play a sport, game, or match, you take part in it.
例句
While the twins played cards, Francis sat reading...
那對雙胞胎玩撲克牌的時候，弗朗西斯坐著看書。
Alain was playing cards with his friends...
阿蘭正和朋友打撲克牌。
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VERB
（和…）比賽
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...
北愛爾蘭隊將對陣拉脫維亞隊。
I've played against him a few times.
我已多次和他交手。
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VERB
（比賽等中）打出，踢出，擊出（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...
西坎德爾·巴克特擊出一記壞球。
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VERB
開（玩笑）；耍（花招）；搞（惡作劇）
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...
有人搞惡作劇整她，在最高的臺階上拉了一根繩子。
I thought: 'This cannot be happening, somebody must be playing a joke'.
我想：“這不可能發生，肯定是誰在開玩笑。”
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VERB
隨意擺弄；弄著玩
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.
她眼睛盯著地板，漫不經心地擺弄著手提包的帶子。
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N-COUNT
劇本；戲劇
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...
這家劇團上演了一出講述無家可歸者的戲。
It's my favourite Shakespeare play.
它是我最喜歡的一部莎士比亞戲劇。
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VERB
扮演，飾演（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...
他在其中飾演海德一角的《化身博士》
His ambition is to play the part of Dracula.
他渴望扮演德拉庫拉。
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V-LINK
裝扮；假裝；充當
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...
希爾想要充當和事佬。
She was just playing the devoted mother...
她只是裝得像個盡心盡責的母親似的。
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VERB
（以…方式）對待，處置，處理
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.
投資者審慎精明地行事。
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V-ERG
演奏（樂器或樂曲）
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...
尼娜一直都在彈鋼琴。
Two people played jazz on a piano...
兩人聯手在一架鋼琴上演奏爵士樂。
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V-ERG
播放（唱片、CD或磁帶）
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...
她播放唱片時音量太大了。
Every evening in those days the BBC played 'God Save The King'...
那些日子里，英國廣播公司每天晚上都會播放《天佑吾王》。
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VERB
（音樂家、樂隊等）表演；舉辦（音樂會）
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...
樂隊在表演。
He will play concerts in Amsterdam and Paris.
他將在阿姆斯特丹和巴黎舉辦音樂會。
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VERB
（光）輕快地移動
When light plays somewhere, it moves about on a surface in an unsteady way.
例句
The sun played on the frosty roofs.
陽光在結霜的屋頂上閃爍變幻。
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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）開始活動；（使）投入使用； （使）開始起作用
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...
存在選擇軍事手段的切實可能這一點將會起到作用。
Breathing brings many muscles into play.
呼吸使很多肌肉活動起來。
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PHRASE
（在…中）發揮作用，產生影響
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...
他們參與到了自己社區的生活中。
The UN would play a major role in monitoring a ceasefire.
聯合國在監督停火方面會發揮重要作用。