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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mother and father play out the roles assigned to them.
  母亲和父亲扮演分派给他们的角色。
• Whenever I solved a problem, again a problem, did not play out, good tired.
  每当我解决掉一个问题，总会再来一个问题，没玩没了了，好厌倦。
• 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？
• 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？
• This could play out very well or it could not.
  这桩交易可能非常好也可能不好。
• You know how that will play out.
  你知道结局会是怎样。