play on/upon something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplay on/upon something phrasal verbUSE somethingto use a feeling, fact, or idea in order to get what you want, often in an unfair way The ad plays on our emotions, showing a doctor holding a newborn baby. → play→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusplay on/upon • Senior Pat Graham is playing on a sore, possibly broken, foot.• The ties will be played on April 6 and April 20.• Leckie, too, liked to play on his ties to Symington.• But referee Neale Barry waved play on much to Ince's fury.• Collins saw the play on television and winced.• He also plays on three albums with Paul, two with Michael Brecker and one with Maria Schneider.• Mat a brute that man must be who said that the finest instrument to play upon was a sensitive impressionable woman!• None the less the play on words is there in the text, and is appropriate.

单词	play on/upon something
释义	play on/upon something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplay on/upon something phrasal verbUSE somethingto use a feeling, fact, or idea in order to get what you want, often in an unfair way The ad plays on our emotions, showing a doctor holding a newborn baby. → play→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusplay on/upon • Senior Pat Graham is playing on a sore, possibly broken, foot.• The ties will be played on April 6 and April 20.• Leckie, too, liked to play on his ties to Symington.• But referee Neale Barry waved play on much to Ince's fury.• Collins saw the play on television and winced.• He also plays on three albums with Paul, two with Michael Brecker and one with Maria Schneider.• Mat a brute that man must be who said that the finest instrument to play upon was a sensitive impressionable woman!• None the less the play on words is there in the text, and is appropriate.
随便看	make mincemeat of somebody/something make mischief make mischief make mock of make mock of somebody make much of make much of somebody/something make my day make nice make nice (with/to somebody) make nice to ) make nice with make no apology for make no apology for something make no attempt to do make no attempt to do something make no bones about make no bones about (doing) something make no bones about doing make no mistake make no mistake (about it) make no mistake about it make no secret of make no secret of something make noises about doing