play act

/pley-akt/US // ˈpleɪˌækt //

演戏,戏剧表演,戏曲表演,扮演角色

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to engage in make-believe.
- : to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.
- : to perform in a play.

v.有主动词 verb

as inmake believe

Synonyms

Have there been discussions with FX regarding an Archer movie, and how do you think that would play out?
A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
Every once in a while, they act swiftly and acknowledge the problem.
I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
He caught himself in the act of listening to you too credulously—and that seemed to him unmanly and dishonorable.
To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.

/pley-akt/US // ˈpleɪˌækt //

演戏,戏剧表演,戏曲表演,扮演角色

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to engage in make-believe.
- : to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.
- : to perform in a play.

v.有主动词 verb

as inmake believe

Synonyms

Have there been discussions with FX regarding an Archer movie, and how do you think that would play out?
A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
Every once in a while, they act swiftly and acknowledge the problem.
I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!
But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.
He caught himself in the act of listening to you too credulously—and that seemed to him unmanly and dishonorable.
To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.