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

• 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。
• 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？
• I know it's not how you'd want us to play out.
  我想这和你对我们预期的有所不同。
• 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。
• 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's good for children to play out of doors.
  在户外玩耍对孩子们有好处。
• 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。
• And I honestly do not know how this is going to play out.
  老实说，我不知道这会怎样发展下去。