| 词组 | play up |
| 释义 | play up 1. play up sth • play sth up to emphasize a quality or a fact, in order to attract people's attention to it or to make it seem more important than it really is: ▪ When applying for a job, it's a good idea to play up your strong points in the opening paragraph. ▪ The newspapers would certainly play it up big - the murder of an American on the Appian Way. ■ OPPOSITE: play down 2. play up • play sb up not passive, usually progressive BrE informal if a part of your body plays up or plays you up, it causes you pain or trouble: ▪ Lawton's stomach was beginning to play him up. ▪ Bertie had given up alcohol because his heart was playing up. 3. play up usually progressive BrE informal if a machine, an electrical system etc plays up, it is not working as well as it should: ▪ Is it all right if I borrow your car - My Renault's been playing up a bit recently. ▪ Nothing happened when I turned on the light - this was not a good time for the electrics to be playing up. 4. play up • play sb up • play up sb BrE informal if children play up, or play someone up, they behave badly and cause trouble for the adult they are with, especially deliberately as a way of having fun: ▪ Some of the boys in our class really played up - especially when a teacher was new. ▪ Playing the teacher up was considered a normal part of school. |
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