play on

柯林斯詞典

play on (playing,played,plays)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB 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. 有意利用 (別人的恐懼、弱點(diǎn)或過錯(cuò))

  ...a campaign which plays on the population's fear of change. …一場(chǎng)有意利用人們對(duì)變化的恐懼的運(yùn)動(dòng)。

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