开始演奏;渲染,鼓吹;加油;调皮,讨嫌
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}]