play up
美[pleɪʌp] 英[pleɪʌp]
英英释义
Verb- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
- ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior;
"She is playing up to the chairman"
例句
用作动词(v.)- She tried to play down his part in the affair and play up her own.她极力贬低他在这一事件中的作用而抬高自己的作用。
- Play up, comrades.加油啊,同志们!
- The old wound has been playing up again lately.近来旧伤又发作了。