英语词汇“to play for sympathy”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 for sympathy

1. intransitive. To attempt to elicit or provoke (a particular emotional response). Chiefly in to play for sympathy.

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1855 Househ. Words 9 June 442/1 Combinations of feelings and circumstances are previsionally arranged and deliberately ‘played for’, as if a love affair were a game of chess.

1898 Herald-Despatch (Decatur, Illinois) 16 July He was playing for sympathy.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ii. 35 She hated her husband because..he whined and played for sympathy.

1992 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. e4/1 Was he simply taking advantage of his illness and his enormous popularity to play for sympathy?

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单词	to play for sympathy
释义	> as lemmas to play for sympathy 1. intransitive. To attempt to elicit or provoke (a particular emotional response). Chiefly in to play for sympathy. ΚΠ 1855 Househ. Words 9 June 442/1 Combinations of feelings and circumstances are previsionally arranged and deliberately ‘played for’, as if a love affair were a game of chess. 1898 Herald-Despatch (Decatur, Illinois) 16 July He was playing for sympathy. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ii. 35 She hated her husband because..he whined and played for sympathy. 1992 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. e4/1 Was he simply taking advantage of his illness and his enormous popularity to play for sympathy? extracted from playv. < as lemmas
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