PHRASAL VERB 利用(恐惧、弱点或过失) If you play on someone's fears, weaknesses, or faults, you deliberately use them in order to persuade that person to do something, or to achieve what you want. 利用(恐惧、弱点或过失)
...an election campaign which plays on the population's fear of change. [VERBPREP. noun]
利用民众惧变心理的竞选活动
I felt guilty saying that, playing on her generosity. [VERBPREP. noun]