play on

英 [pleɪ ɒn]

美 [pleɪ ɑːn]

利用（恐惧、弱点或过失）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 利用（恐惧、弱点或过失）
  If youplay onsomeone's fears, weaknesses, or faults, you deliberately use them in order to persuade that person to do something, or to achieve what you want.
  1. ...an election campaign which plays on the population's fear of change...
     利用民众惧变心理的竞选活动
  2. I felt guilty saying that, playing on her generosity.
     我说这话是利用了她的慷慨，对此我感到愧疚。

双语例句

• I don't have any idea what's happening. I've come to play on the team.
  我都不知道发生了什么事情，我是来打球的。
• The new student is still wet behind the ears; he has not yet learned the tricks that the boys play on each other.
  那个新学生依然无所适从，他还不知道同学们彼此间玩的什么把戏。
• You must go and see that new play on broadway.
  你得去百老汇看那场新戏。
• We are forbidden to play on the pasture belonging to him.
  他不准我们在他的牧草地上玩耍。
• I'm sorry, senator, I only play on the open sea.
  对不起，议员，我只在海上演奏。
• You play on the violin beautifully.
  你拉小提琴拉得美极了。
• Little boys, being what they are, might decide to play on it
  出于天性，小男孩们可能会决定利用这一点。
• I will play on a beach again!
  我又可以在海边玩了！
• We swim in the sea and play on the beach.
  我们在海里游泳，在沙滩上玩耍。
• Every year they put a play on at Saint Holy Cross Church
  他们每年在圣十字教堂上演一出剧目。