play up
- 渲染;夸大;（小孩）淘气，不听话;强调…的重要性;（机器、身体部位等）（给…）制造麻烦，（使）痛苦
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PHRASAL VERB 强调…的重要性；夸大；渲染
If you play up something, you emphasize it and try to make people believe that it is important.The media played up the prospects for a settlement...
媒体夸大了达成和解的可能性。
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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 body is playing up or is playing you up, it is causing problems because it is not working properly.The engine had been playing up...
发动机一直有问题。
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PHRASAL VERB （小孩）淘气，不听话
When children play up, they are naughty and difficult to control.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。
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- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
- The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics
- Synonym: foreground highlight spotlight
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- ingratiate oneself to;often with insincere behavior
- She is playing up to the chairman
- Synonym: cozy up cotton up shine up sidle up suck up
数据来源：WordNet
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his part in the affair and play up her own .
例句：Shetriedto她想贬低他在这件事里起的作用，夸大自己的作用。
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Leading figures in the European Commission have not been shy to play up the role of the euro as a haven .
欧盟委员会（EuropeanCommission）的领袖人物向来不怯于夸大欧元作为避风港的作用。
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The children are very active , but never play up .
这些孩子很活泼，可是从不淘气。
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I don 't like people who try to play up to me .
我不喜欢那些想讨好我的人。
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People write the new play up .
人们写文章赞扬新戏。
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She likes to play up her part in the deal .
她喜欢在交易中强调自己的作用。
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Do not let the children play up .
别让孩子们淘气。
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He seems to want two good actors to play up to him .
看来她需要两位好演员与她配戏。
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He wants the two actors to play up to him .
看来他希望那两个演员能和他好好配合。
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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。
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In the interview you should play up your experience of working abroad .
在面试时，你应该刻意凸显你在国外的工作经验。
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It seems that she needs two good actors to play up to her .
看来他需要两个好演员来配合他。
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Do not let him play up his illness .
别让他过于重视他的病。
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He was a person who would always play up to his superiors .
他这个人总是拍上司的马屁。
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I don 't have to play up that stuff .
我并没有渲染这个东西。
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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。
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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。
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I expect them to play up this afternoon .
我希望他们下午比赛时拿出劲来。
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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。
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An attempt was made to play up the president 's role in settling the crisis .
正做出努力来宣扬总统在解决危机中的作用。
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We should play up the toilet angle and leave out ghosts .
我们应该强调卫浴设备，别提闹鬼的事。
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He wanted a raise , so he tried to play up to his boss .
他想长工资，所以尽力向老板谄媚。
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I encouraged her to go with the blue ; why not play up the eyes ?
我推荐她选蓝色那件，为什么不抓住人们的眼球呢？
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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。
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I may work in the mud , but I certainly like to play up in the clouds .
也许我的工作不是很好，但是我也想要过上流生活。
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I know you probably play up at the courts in Harlem .
我知道你也许在Harlem打过球（Harlem：纽约黑人住宅区）
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The more you play up your eyes , the slimmer your face will look .
眼睛上花样的越多，你看起来就越瘦。
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Students who too obviously play up to their teachers are usually disliked by their classmates .
过分明显向老师献殷勤的学生通常为其同窗所憎恶。
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United moved Giggs to play up front .
联队将吉格斯移上去踢前锋。
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Play up sensational social news
渲染耸人听闻的社会新闻