played out

英 [ˌpleɪd ˈaʊt]

美 [ˌpleɪd ˈaʊt]

adj.  失去影响(或作用)

牛津词典

adj.

• 失去影响（或作用）
  no longer having any influence or effect

英英释义

adj

• drained of energy or effectiveness
  1. the day's shopping left her exhausted
  2. he went to bed dog-tired
  3. was fagged and sweaty
  4. the trembling of his played out limbs
  5. felt completely washed-out
  6. only worn-out horses and cattle
  7. you look worn out
  Synonym:exhausteddog-tiredfaggedfatiguedspentwashed-outworn-out(a)worn out(p)
• worn out
  1. a played out deck of cards

双语例句

• Instead of going to school, he played out all the morning.
  他没有去学校，而是在外面玩了整整一上午。
• Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment
  她对工会的改革是在失业率不断上升的背景下展开的。
• You played out your happiness on a piano that was not infinite.
  你用钢琴表达你的快乐，钢琴不是无限的。
• He's not the writer he was. People are beginning to say, he's played out.
  他已不是从前那样的作家了，人们开始说他已才思枯竭。
• The battle for the leadership was played out.
  争夺领导权之战结束了。
• Our strength was played out early in the contest.
  比赛中我们的力量早已耗尽了。
• Yvette handed him detonators and played out wire to be connected to timing devices.
  伊维特把***递给了他，然后把准备连接在定时装置上的电线放出。
• When a beautiful love story is played out, the", Titanic "has hit the iceberg.
  当美好的爱情故事正在上演时，“泰坦尼克号”却撞上了冰山。
• Much the same process has played out in Europe over the past two years.
  过去两年来，欧洲经历了与此类似的过程。
• The proverbial story of "David defeats Goliath" played out in the high tech industry.
  “大卫打败了歌利亚”（DaviddefeatsGoliath，《圣经》典故，以弱胜强的典型&译注）这个众所周知的故事看来在高科技产业里又重演了。