英语词汇“to play both ends against the middle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. transitive. To set, oppose, pit (a person, thing, or party) against another, esp. for one's own advantage. to play both ends (also sides) against the middle: to keep one's options open by supporting or favouring both sides in a debate, contest, etc. Cf. to play off 3 at Phrasal verbs 1.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > set in opposition > to one's own advantage

play1583

to play off1736

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxxiii. 1138 They played the madde men one against another for their vittelles.

1643 Plain English (1690) 9 They could play one Party of Protestants against another.

1700 J. Welwood Mem. 147 If he had any one fix'd Maxim of Government, it was to play one Party against another, to be thereby the more Master of both.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xxiv. 86 An ingenious Free-thinker may..play one absurdity against another.

1791 tr. J.-J. Rousseau Inq. Nature Social Contract iv. v. 339 They might find some means of playing one against another.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. x. iv. 277 The folly is mine, to have played against the crafty Tribune so unequal a brain as thine.

1887 G. W. Walling Recoll. N.Y. Police Chief 454 He must in gamblers' parlance, ‘play both ends against the middle’.

1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 289/2 Dr. Coolidge is respected..for his skill at evading decisions, at juggling jobs to his own political profit, at beclouding issues with high-sounding words, at playing both sides against the middle.

1950 O. Nash Family Reunion (1951) 46 The wise child handles father and mother By playing one against the other.

1974 J. Stubbs Painted Face xiv. 192 Natalie..played one against the other for a few days, and reconciled them the following weekend.

1986 D. Potter Singing Detective i. 36 He was playing both ends against the middle. And the middle was one hell of a mess.

单词	to play both ends against the middle
释义	> as lemmas to play both ends (also sides) against the middle a. transitive. To set, oppose, pit (a person, thing, or party) against another, esp. for one's own advantage. to play both ends (also sides) against the middle: to keep one's options open by supporting or favouring both sides in a debate, contest, etc. Cf. to play off 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > set in opposition > to one's own advantage play1583 to play off1736 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxxiii. 1138 They played the madde men one against another for their vittelles. 1643 Plain English (1690) 9 They could play one Party of Protestants against another. 1700 J. Welwood Mem. 147 If he had any one fix'd Maxim of Government, it was to play one Party against another, to be thereby the more Master of both. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xxiv. 86 An ingenious Free-thinker may..play one absurdity against another. 1791 tr. J.-J. Rousseau Inq. Nature Social Contract iv. v. 339 They might find some means of playing one against another. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. x. iv. 277 The folly is mine, to have played against the crafty Tribune so unequal a brain as thine. 1887 G. W. Walling Recoll. N.Y. Police Chief 454 He must in gamblers' parlance, ‘play both ends against the middle’. 1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 289/2 Dr. Coolidge is respected..for his skill at evading decisions, at juggling jobs to his own political profit, at beclouding issues with high-sounding words, at playing both sides against the middle. 1950 O. Nash Family Reunion (1951) 46 The wise child handles father and mother By playing one against the other. 1974 J. Stubbs Painted Face xiv. 192 Natalie..played one against the other for a few days, and reconciled them the following weekend. 1986 D. Potter Singing Detective i. 36 He was playing both ends against the middle. And the middle was one hell of a mess. extracted from playv. < as lemmas
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