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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 know how that will play out.
  你知道结局会是怎样。
• We both know how this is supposed to play out.
  我们两个都知道它应该怎么结束。
• This could play out very well or it could not.
  这桩交易可能非常好也可能不好。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。