One well known work by the French painter Jean Antoine Watteau shows a man in a garden playing a musical instrument.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

If you assume that, you are not playing by the rule, we don't know what force it exerts.

如果你假定了,那你就犯规了,我们不知道它施加了多大的力

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

The civility entails the virtues of peace, equity, fairness, playing by the rules.

文明意味着和平，公正，公平，遵纪守法的美德。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

She soon began writing music and by age five had started playing the violin.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

So in fact, it is the case, if you look at data, and by the way, that's the way I ended up setting a lot of these parameters and playing with it, was comparing what my simulation said to historical stock data.

所以实际上，在这个例子中，如果你看到数据，顺便说一下，这就是我设置很多变量,然后编程的方式，也就是把我的仿真程序得到的结果,和历史股票数据进行比较。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Friday was the folk night but the playing was plagued by rain and delays.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

The family dog is playing outside and gets hit by a car.

家里的宠物狗在外面玩，被车撞了。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And then she quickly strummed by playing all the strings at once.

VOA: special.2011.03.06

The Greeks did it by the playing of a flute like or oboe like instrument that played a military tune that had you marching forward at the right pace.

希腊人通过类似长笛,或双簧管的乐器发出指令,使之能以正确的步调前进

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He used to worry so much about playing South By Southwest showcases and impressing the right people that it wasn't fun.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Soldiers from Uganda and Burundi are currently playing a vital security role by defending the presidential palace, the main seaport and airport from al-Shabab attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

The orchestra was formed in 1885 by some of the Boston Symphony's early benefactors, who were looking to expand the orchestra's appeal by playing popular music.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The lanky teenager began playing Australian Rules Football just four years ago but has made history by becoming the first player from Africa to join the professional league,the AFL.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

Leaving Texas for the bright lights of Chicago, Miller made a name for himself on the city's electrifying blues circuit, playing in groups led by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

I think now would be a particularly bad time to send a signal to the international community and to our overall financial system by playing politics in any way with this upcoming vote,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

The government's diversity drive for the grandes ecoles has prompted a call by a group of academics for the state to level the playing field in other areas, like offering more housing and scholarships to poorer students attending these institutions.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

But in fact academic studies have shown that this is wrong-footed and that in the long run by not having a level playing field, by not building systems, by not creating competitive markets you are actually undermining development and you are undermining economic growth and you are taking away the trust of potential investors."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17