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

• 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。
• In fact, the operatic sagas that play out in the newspapers contain some of the real-life rules.
  事实上，报纸上演绎的一幕幕包含了现实生活中的某些规则。
• Then fucking great Chopin also play out of my sorrow, Beethoven also just play.
  再牛逼的肖邦也弹不出我的悲伤、贝多芬也只是弹弹而已。
• This situation will play out in my favour.
  这个局势会演变的对我有利。
• The question remains compelling: What is wisdom, and how does it play out in individual lives?
  相关问题至今仍难以捉摸，引人深思：什么是智慧？它在一个人的生活中发挥了怎样的作用？
• It is unclear how this recovery will play out.
  目前尚不确定这次的复苏将如何上演。
• 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。
• This could play out very well or it could not.
  这桩交易可能非常好也可能不好。
• We play out an imaginary confrontation in our mind.
  我们的脑海中浮现出一种想象的冲突。
• 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。