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 play up
 開始演奏;渲染,鼓吹;加油;調皮,討嫌

 play up
      v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;
           "The introduction highlighted the speaker's
           distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground,
            highlight, spotlight] [ant: background, background]
      2: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She
         is playing up to the chairman" [syn: cozy up, cotton up,
          shine up, sidle up, suck up]