try it on

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To test someone to see how much bad behaviour they will tolerate; to try to deceive someone to see how gullible they are. colloquial,idiomatic
    — “Come, come,” said James, putting his hand to his nose and winking at his cousin with a pair of vinous eyes, “no jokes, old boy; no trying it on on me. You want to trot me out, but it’s no go. In vino veritas, old boy […]”
  2. To try to start a sexual relationship (with someone). colloquial,idiomatic
    — “[…] Tell her I’ll be outside the house from eleven o’clock onwards. Tell her to leave the morning-room window open and to switch on the light in her bedroom when it’s safe for me to come in.” “She won’t believe me if I go and tell her that,” I said. “No girl would. She’d think I was trying it on.”

词形变化

tries it on present,singular,third-person trying it on participle,present tried it on participle,past tried it on past
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