1PHRASAL VERB [no passive]对…敷衍了事;儿戏似地做 If you say that someone is playing at something, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing it casually and not very seriously. 对…敷衍了事;儿戏似地做 [disapproval]
We were still playing at war — dropping leaflets instead of bombs. [VERBPREP. noun/verb-ing]
我们仍然把战争当儿戏—还在丢传单而不是扔炸弹。
2PHRASAL VERB [no passive](尤指儿童)假扮…玩,玩…游戏 If someone, especially a child, plays at being someone or doing something, they pretend to be that person or do that thing as a game. (尤指儿童)假扮…玩,玩…游戏
Ed played at being a pirate. [VERBPREP. noun/verb-ing]
埃德扮海盗玩。
3PHRASAL VERB 搞…名堂;想…念头 If you do not know what someone is playing at, you do not understand what they are doing or what they are trying to achieve. 搞…名堂;想…念头 [informal]
She began to wonder what he was playing at. [VERBPREP.]
她开始纳闷他在搞什么鬼。
'What do you think you're playing at?' he said. 'I can't sell this.' [VERBPREP.]