英语词汇“to play cricket”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to play cricket

colloquial. to play cricket: to act fairly or honourably. Frequently in negative contexts. Cf. sense 2b, to play the game at play v. 13e. Now somewhat rare.

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1902 Strand Mag. Sept. 305/1 This is not playing cricket, but it is what I have witnessed Chauncey Depew and all American show dinner orators play at.

1922 Daily Mail 14 Nov. 10 I appeal to the Conservatives to do what is patriotic and honourable and to play ‘cricket’.

1934 Trans. Grotius Soc. 20 104 Herr Hanfstaengel..has stated that Panter played rather the rôle of a military spy, and that this was not ‘playing cricket’.

1987 Autocar 6 May 10/1 Why do we always have to ‘play cricket’ and get walked all over by our competitors?

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单词	to play cricket
释义	> as lemmas to play cricket colloquial. to play cricket: to act fairly or honourably. Frequently in negative contexts. Cf. sense 2b, to play the game at play v. 13e. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1902 Strand Mag. Sept. 305/1 This is not playing cricket, but it is what I have witnessed Chauncey Depew and all American show dinner orators play at. 1922 Daily Mail 14 Nov. 10 I appeal to the Conservatives to do what is patriotic and honourable and to play ‘cricket’. 1934 Trans. Grotius Soc. 20 104 Herr Hanfstaengel..has stated that Panter played rather the rôle of a military spy, and that this was not ‘playing cricket’. 1987 Autocar 6 May 10/1 Why do we always have to ‘play cricket’ and get walked all over by our competitors? extracted from cricketn.³ < as lemmas
随便看	to tempt the storm to tempt the worst to tend bar to tender an oath to tent it to term to term of a person's life to term of life to terminate fatally to terminate with extreme prejudice to terrace up to test a person's mettle to test out to test something to failure or destruction to test the water to test to failure or destruction to thank to thank kindly to thank one for nothing to thank one's lucky stars to thank one's stars to thank one'the stars to that effect to that extent to that intent