play out

英 [pleɪ aʊt]

美 [pleɪ aʊt]

（使）（戏剧性事件）逐渐发生; （使）展开

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （使）（戏剧性的事件）逐渐发生；（使）展开
  If a dramatic eventis played out, it gradually takes place.
  1. 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。
  2. The film has eerie parallels with the drama being played out in real life.
     这部电影和现实生活中发生的一系列戏剧性事件有着诡异的巧合之处。

英英释义

verb

• become spent or exhausted
  1. The champion's strength played out fast
• play to a finish
  1. We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last
• perform or be performed to the end
  1. How will the election drama be played out?
• deplete
  1. exhaust one's savings
  2. We quickly played out our strength
  Synonym:run downexhaustsaptire

双语例句

• You know how that will play out.
  你知道结局会是怎样。
• You'll let things play out as they are.
  你必须让这些事情向我说的那样发展下去。
• If my life is a movie, you are the play out of the advertising.
  假如我的人生是一部片子，你就是那弹出来的广告。
• We both know how this is supposed to play out.
  我们两个都知道它应该怎么结束。
• It's good for children to play out of doors.
  在户外玩耍对孩子们有好处。
• Mummy says I can play out in the garden.
  妈妈说我可以到外面花园里玩。
• Washington policymakers and politicians need to stand back and let this adjustment play out.
  华盛顿政策制定者与政治家需要靠后站，放手让这一调整自行展开。
• How does this play out in regards to the Novell agreement made this last fall?
  那么去年秋天和Novell达成的协议又将扮演什么样的角色呢？
• The best way to start everyday is in exactly the manner you want your day to play out.
  开始一天最好的方式，完全是按照你想要的方式进行的。
• Lily would like this to play out in a certain way.
  LILY会愿意用某种方式了结此事的。