play up 详细解释

play up

v.强调, 加油, 用劲,鼓吹,<英>调皮,折磨

突出; 过分强调

The newspapers played up the mayor's plan to plant trees downtown.

报界大肆宣扬市长在市区植树的计划。

Some reporters like to play up sensational social news.

有些记者喜欢渲染耸人听闻的社会新闻。

词义辨析

同义参见:

emphasize  highlight  underline  

英英释义

动词 play up:

move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

同义词：foreground, highlight, spotlight

ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior

同义词：cozy up, cotton up, shine up, sidle up, suck up

补充

play upplay up1.努力, 积极地比赛Play up! It's your turn.加油啊!轮到你了。2.夸大They criticized the lazybones for playing up his slight illness.他们批评那个懒汉夸大自己的小病而不肯干活。3.为…做广告This new film will attract the crowds, whatever its quality, provided that it gets played up in the right way.如果广告做得好, 那么, 无论这部新片子的质量如何, 都会吸引许多观众的。

例句

1. The engine had been playing up.发动机一直有问题。 2. 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。 3. My back's playing up again.我的后背又疼起来了。 4. Mr Hasek's groin has been playing him up since February.从二月份起, 哈塞克先生的下身就一直在疼。 5. His back was playing him up.他的后背作疼。 6. I suspect he's playing her up one way or another.我怀疑他正想方设法给她制造麻烦。 7. The tabloids don't have any hard evidence as yet but they're playing it up.这些小报并没有得到任何确凿的证据, 但他们却在大肆渲染。 8. Play np,it's your turn!加油啊，该轮到你了。 9. The band played up the national anthem.乐队奏起了国歌。 10. Newspapers have played up the visit.报纸对这次访问已大肆宣传。 11. Don't let the pupils play up.别让小学生们淘气。 12. The car's engine is beginning to play up.汽车的发动机开始出毛病了。 13. This new firm will attract the crowds,whatever its quality, provided that it gets played up in the right way.这家新开的商号将吸引大群大群的人，不管它质量如何，只要它广告做得好。 14. "During the interview, try to play down your weaknesses and play up your strengths."在面试时，尽量淡化你的弱项，突出你的强项。 15. It was only a small achievement though our CEO tried to play it up.它只是一个很小的成就，尽管我们的首席执行官努力将其夸大。 16. "The children have been playing up [=misbehaving, acting up] again."孩子们又在捣蛋了。 17. The camera started playing up [=acting up] after I dropped it.我把相机弄掉在地上后，它就开始出毛病了。 18. "Whenever it rains, my arthritis starts playing up. [=acting up]"只要一下雨，我的关节炎就开始发作。 19. My back has been playing me up again.我的背痛又不断折磨我了。

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