英 [ˈpleɪ ɒf]
对立，对抗：为了自己的利益而设置对立；进行对比。
完成（中断的比赛）：完成中断的比赛。
通过附加赛决出胜负：通过附加赛来打破平局。
play off //
动词 to deal with or manipulate as if in playing a game 挑拨
to play one person off against another
打完一系列比赛，赛完：
... pass up 放弃，拒绝机会 play off使暴露弱点，使出丑；把…假装 prime-time ratings黄金时间收视率 ...
... Pitch shot 劈起球 Play off 加赛 Playclub 击球杆开球杆的旧名词，是十九世纪末的常用名词。大约类似目前的 一号木杆或二号木杆。 ...
... PASS UP 放弃，拒绝机会 PLAY OFF使暴露弱点，使出丑；把…假装 PRIME-TIME RATINGS黄金时间收视率 ...
... Peg Tee：木制球座或塑料球座 Play Off：延长赛、加赛 Play Again 重新击球 ...
The authors play off the concept “time is money” in a very literal sense.
作者以文学化的口吻调侃了“时间即金钱”的概念。
Watts is convinced that chimpanzees notice and predict the actions of others, that they play off each other and may appear to coordinate their actions.
瓦茨确信黑猩猩留心并预测别人的举动，它们交相辉映，似乎在配合彼此的行动。
Works of artists like Alexander Calder and Ellsworth Kelly play off well against the curves, but the space overwhelms anything small, delicate, or highly detailed.
像亚历克山大·卡尔德和艾尔思沃斯·凯利这些艺术家的作品完全可以和莱特的弧线设计媲美，但是博物馆的整体空间盖过了任何微小、精细和极细致的地方。
FIFA's hope is that the off-field problems will not affect play, and that the tournament can proceed with some semblance of normalcy.
VOA : standard.2009.10.22
Think, in "Birches," of really the extraordinary play of language, the freedom of association, all of which is being played off of the strict demands of the meter, at every moment.
想想，“桦树“，是无与伦比的对语言的把玩，自由的结合，所有这些都在格律诗严格的要求下自由地被使用着，每时每刻。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It turns out that your friend has snuck off because your friend doesn't want to play.
后来你发现你的朋友偷偷溜走了，因为他不想参加。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : Is there any 课堂
So we had to show them how to walk on trees and how to swing off of them onto other branches and see the little holes underneath that you can play in."
VOA : standard.2010.06.25
The second major FIFA youth football tournament of the year will kick off Saturday in Nigeria when the host Golden Eaglets play Germany on the opening day of the Under-17 World Cup.
VOA : standard.2009.10.22
We play off Bollinger Bands, divergences, reversal candles in the context of a range day.
The appeal of commodity pools is that they play off of headlines: Gold is up!
FORBES: How Safe are Your Savings? Commodity Pools Can Be Toxic Waters
"I'm a winger, but the manager wanted me to play off the front man, " said the 26-year-old.