Play about

玩耍；胡闹

Stop playing about and continue doing your work.

别再玩儿了，继续做你的工作吧。

Play around

玩耍； (跟某人)玩花招

Don’t be serious. I’m just playing around.

别当真，我只是玩闹而已。

Don’t play around with him. He is shrewd.

别跟他耍花招。他很精明。

Play for

为…而玩；效力…

It’s her dream to play for her country one day.

她的梦想是有一天能为祖国效力。

Play against

对赛；同……比赛

He will be playing against his friend in the next round.

他将在下一轮与他的朋友比赛。

Play along

与…合作；参与

I don’ agree to play along with her.

我不同意与她合作。

Play back

重播；回放

Now I’ll play back the listening materials.

现在我来回放听力材料。

Play with

与…一起玩

Don’t let him play with fire.

别让他玩火。

She always plays with her puppy.

她总是和她的小狗一起玩。

Play on

演奏；利用（恐惧、弱点或过失）

That bad boy is just playing on her fears to get her to do what he wants.

那个坏男孩只是在利用她的恐惧，想让她做他想做的事。

Though the singer was frightened, the singer had to play on for another hour.

尽管这位歌手很害怕，但她不得不再演奏一个小时。

Play away

赌掉(金钱)；在外地比赛

My favorite football team will play away from home.

我最喜欢的足球队将在客场比赛。

He played away all his money in Macao.

他在澳门把钱都输光了。

play down

贬低；降低

His manager tried to play down the importance of his proposal.

他的经理试图贬低他的提议的重要性。

Play off

加赛; (得分相同)进行补赛

As these two tennis players got the same points, they played off to decide the winner.

因为这两名网球运动员得分相同，所以他们加赛来决定胜利者。

Play up

加油干；调皮捣蛋；运转不良

The old air-conditioner is playing up again.

旧空调又出毛病了。

My nephew played up all the morning.

我侄子整个上午都在调皮捣蛋。

Play up! You can do it!

加油！你可以的！

Play out

结束；做完；使精疲力竭

They argued with each other, and no one knew how the situation would play out.

他们又吵了起来，没有人知道情况会如何发展

They all played out after finishing the work.

工作完成后，他们都精疲力竭了。

Play at

敷衍应付；虚与委蛇

I think he’s just playing at doing his work.

我觉得他只是敷衍工作。