play around
第三人称
plays around
现在进行时
playing around
过去式
played around
过去完成时
played around
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行为不负责任, 胡闹
to behave in an irresponsible or stupid manner
- He needs to stop playing around and take his studies seriously.
他需要停止胡闹，认真对待学习。
- They spent the whole meeting playing around and achieved nothing.
他们整个会议都在胡闹，一事无成。
- I wish she wouldn't play around with her health by eating so poorly.
我希望她不会通过吃得这么差来玩弄自己的健康。
- You can't play around with your responsibilities and expect success.
你不能对你的责任玩忽职守还期望成功。
- If he continues to play around at work, he might lose his job.
如果他继续在工作中胡闹，他可能会失去工作。
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调情, 有外遇
to engage in romantic or sexual activities outside of a committed relationship
- Rumors say he's been playing around, which might be the reason for the tension in their relationship.
有传言说他在玩，这可能是他们关系紧张的原因。
- She confronted him about playing around after finding suspicious messages on his phone.
在发现他手机上有可疑信息后，她质问他是否在鬼混。
- Many relationships break down when one partner starts playing around.
当一方开始玩时，许多关系就会破裂。
- Trust is fragile; playing around can shatter it completely.
信任是脆弱的；玩弄可以完全粉碎它。
- After years of loyalty, she was heartbroken to find out he had been playing around.
多年的忠诚之后，她心碎地发现他一直在玩。
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摆弄, 随意测试
to test something without being serious or detailed about it
- Before painting the room, we played around with a few color swatches.
在粉刷房间之前，我们试了试几种颜色样本。
- She likes to play around on the piano, making up tunes.
她喜欢在钢琴上玩玩，编些曲子。
- I'm not sure how this gadget works, so I'll just play around with it.
我不确定这个小工具怎么用，所以我只是随便玩玩。
- He's playing around with the idea of starting a blog.
他正在玩弄开始写博客的想法。
- She played around with different filters on her photo app.
她在她的照片应用上试了试不同的滤镜。
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尝试, 摆弄
to experiment with different methods, options, or solutions to see what works best
- We need to play around with the settings to get the best sound quality.
我们需要摆弄设置以获得最佳音质。
- They played around with different marketing strategies to boost sales.
他们尝试了不同的营销策略以提高销售额。
- She played around various exercise routines to find the one that suited her best.
她尝试了各种锻炼方式，以找到最适合自己的那种。
- The team played around different software solutions to improve efficiency.
团队尝试了不同的软件解决方案以提高效率。
- They played around several recipes before settling on the perfect one for the event.
在确定活动的完美配方之前，他们尝试了几种配方。