play up to meaning in English
向…讨好，迎合
支持, 给...当配角, 配合好, 戏弄, 奉承
Examples
- He wanted a raise, so he tried to play up to his boss .
他想长工资，所以尽力向老板谄媚。 - The american joke is to play up to the european(and eastern)legend of the west .
美国笑话是向欧洲人（和东方人）吹嘘西部的传说。 - Did you think the professor's pun was genuinely funny or did you laugh just to play up to him ?
你认为教授的双关语确实好笑呢，还是你发笑只是为了迎合他？ - The sick man seemed to fall into a gap of death, at her contradiction. she ought to play up to him, not to contravene him .
听到她的谢绝声，病人似乎一下坠入了死谷。她应该使他高兴，不该违背他的请求。 - He wants the two actors to play up to him
看来他希望那两个演员能和他好好配合