play off
- v. 使（一方与另一方）对立或互相争斗，为自身利益而挑拨、操纵（常作 play somebody off against somebody）；与…形成对比或相互映衬；完成（中断的比赛）；通过附加赛决出胜负，以加赛打破平局
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
play off
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V to deal with or manipulate as if in playing a game 挑拨
例：to play one person off against another
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The authors play off the concept “time is money” in a very literal sense.
作者以文学化的口吻调侃了“时间即金钱”的概念。
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Watts is convinced that chimpanzees notice and predict the actions of others, that they play off each other and may appear to coordinate their actions.
瓦茨确信黑猩猩留心并预测别人的举动，它们交相辉映，似乎在配合彼此的行动。
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Works of artists like Alexander Calder and Ellsworth Kelly play off well against the curves, but the space overwhelms anything small, delicate, or highly detailed.
像亚历克山大·卡尔德和艾尔思沃斯·凯利这些艺术家的作品完全可以和莱特的弧线设计媲美，但是博物馆的整体空间盖过了任何微小、精细和极细致的地方。
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FIFA's hope is that the off-field problems will not affect play, and that the tournament can proceed with some semblance of normalcy.
VOA: standard.2009.10.22
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Think, in "Birches," of really the extraordinary play of language, the freedom of association, all of which is being played off of the strict demands of the meter, at every moment.
想想，“桦树“，是无与伦比的对语言的把玩，自由的结合，所有这些都在格律诗严格的要求下自由地被使用着，每时每刻。
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It turns out that your friend has snuck off because your friend doesn't want to play.
后来你发现你的朋友偷偷溜走了，因为他不想参加。
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