play off

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To portray (something) (as unimportant); to dismiss or make light of (a factor in a situation, or one's embarrassment about it); to pretend not to be embarrassed, upset, impressed, or otherwise affected by (it). often,transitive
    — After tripping, Sara tried to play her embarrassment off by laughing with everyone else.
  2. To set (other people) against one another: to induce competition between them, especially in a covert way so that they do not realize the degree to which they have been played (manipulated). transitive
    — Stalin's propensity to play off his subordinates against one another is a well-studied theme.
  3. To compete in a play-off; to compete against (an opponent) in a play-off. intransitive,transitive
  4. To display; to show; to put in exercise. dated,transitive
    — to play off tricks

词形变化

plays off present,singular,third-person playing off participle,present played off participle,past played off past
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