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

• I'm not quite sure where, on balance, we should say how these things play out.
  我不是很肯定，总的来说，这些事情是怎么进行的。
• 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。
• 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。
• We are allowing Earth to play out her game of duality, as best she can.
  我们正准许地球播放她的二元性游戏，尽她可以最好的方式。
• 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？
• The19-year-old is an attacking midfielder, although he can also play out wide or up front.
  这位19岁的球员是攻击中场，但他也可以打前锋或者边锋。
• How do you think China's class war will play out?
  读者们，你们觉得中国的阶级斗争会怎样发展？
• You must have a vision of how this is supposed to play out.
  这事该怎么做你心里得有个底。
• 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。
• We both know how this is supposed to play out.
  我们两个都知道它应该怎么结束。