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Every year they put a play on at Saint Holy Cross Church

他们每年在圣十字教堂上演一出剧目。

Next month he will be appearing as Bush in a new play on Broadway.

下月他将在百老汇上演的一出新戏中扮演布什。

This phrase is a play on jet lag, the fatigue and disorientation that results from a long flight across multiple time zones, which dates to 1965.

Baby lag这个说法是对jet lag（飞机时差）表达的演绎。Jet lag一次最早出现在1965年，指搭飞机长途出行，飞过多个时区导致的疲惫的精神不集中。

It was considered a sin to work or play on the Sabbath.

在安息日工作或消遣都被视为罪过.

Leech seemed to play on the aspirations, ambitions, and weaknesses of his interlocutors by instinct.

利奇善于玩弄对手的欲望, 野心和弱点,这似乎是他的本能.

You play ( on ) the violin beautifully.

你拉小提琴拉得美极了.

This term is a play on grassroots, the ordinary people of a community or organization.

Grasstop这个词是在grassroots（草根）一词基础上演化而来，草根指社区或组织里的那些普通人。

Why read a book when you can watch a movie or TV play on your smart phones or iPads?

既然可以在智能手机或iPad上看电影或电视剧，为什么还要看书呢?

See that direct heat does not play on it.

当心别让它直接受热.

So girls play on your team. That's interesting.

这么说,队员里还有女孩呢. 真 有意思.

We usually play on the riverbed when the river dries up.

小河断流时,我们经常在河槽上玩耍.

Every year they put a play on at Saint Holy Cross Church.

他们每年在圣十字教堂上演一出剧目。

It was a contemptible trick to tell lies and play on an old friend!

说谎耍弄老朋友是卑鄙伎俩!

This term is a rhyming play on the well-known phrase sweet tooth, a craving or fondness for sweet food, which has been in the language for over 600 years.

这个说法沿袭了sweet tooth押韵规律，并进一步演绎。Sweet tooth在英语中流传使用已超过600年，是人尽皆知的一个短语，用以形容对甜食的喜爱。

We need more play on the rope.

绳子要松些.

Weapon of mass distraction is a pun-perfect play on weapon of mass destruction. The latter phrase ( in its plural2 form) was voted word of the year for 2002 by the American Dialect Society.

Weapon of mass distraction这个表达是对weapon of mass destruction（大规模杀伤性武器）一词完美的双关演绎，后者（通常用复数形式）曾被美国方言协会选为2002年的年度词汇。

Some of the players claimed a penalty but the referee told them to play on.

有些队员认为应当判罚,但裁判让他们继续比赛.

The home team claimed a penalty but the referee told them to play on.

主队要求判点球，但裁判却要他们继续比赛。

That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend.

那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏.

Did you hear that play on the radio last night?

你昨晚收听了那出广播剧吗？

Our tacit treaty with her was that we could play on her lawn.

我们和她心照不宣的协定是,我们可以在她的草坪上玩.

I saw the play on its return to Broadway.

这部戏重回百老汇时我看了。

The word "snailpaper" is a play on snail and therefore much more slowly than e-mail.

“蜗牛报纸”这个词是对“蜗牛信件”一词的演绎，蜗牛信件指通过人工投递的信件、账单等，比电子邮件肯定慢很多。

This phrase, a play on name-dropping, has been showing up sporadically, or other communication. The term often connotes an attempt to impress others.

Name-dropping指在谈话、叙事、歌曲创作、网络身份或其他形式的交流中提及重要人物或机构的名字，希望以此让别人印象深刻。

That was an unfair trick to play on her.

跟她开那样的玩笑太不好了.

I'm watching a play on TV for a little while.

我看了一会在线直播的游戏比赛。

See that direct heat does not play on the plastic bags.

当心别让那些塑料袋直接受热.

Little boys, being what they are, might decide to play on it.

出于天性，小男孩们可能会决定利用这一点。

That was a cheap trick to play on her.

那样捉弄她是可耻的。

He tried to play on her sympathies.

他想利用她的同情心.