It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play "Othello."

VOA: special.2010.05.23

So we're going to listen to a track out of John Kander's Chicago here, and the question that's at- in play at the moment is what's the meter of this cut from chicago?

我们先听一下约翰·肯德尔的作品芝加哥,中的一小段,边听边想一个问题,这个片段的节拍是怎样的,这个摘自芝加哥的片段

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

My other roommate is named Cooper Lewis, who is actually going to play Hamlet in that production.

我的另一个室友叫库伯·路易斯，他会在那场戏剧演出中扮演哈姆雷特。

有趣的室友们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Maryse Bouchard says the study found that exposure could play a part in behaviors such as inattention and hyperactivity.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

Which rhythm is in play here?

刚才曲子的节奏是什么呢

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

A waiter in the play tells a customer, "If you need any Scotch or gin,Sir My number is Eighty-Six."

VOA: special.2010.01.08

So the link of the conflict will play a stronger role in making the humanitarian issues more important.

因而冲突的纽带将会发挥更大的作用,使得人道主义问题更加重要。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

For example,in his play "The Comedy of Errors" Shakespeare borrows certain structural details from the ancient Roman playwright Plautus.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

So although holiness derives from god, humans have a crucial role to play in sanctification, in sanctifying the world.

尽管神圣源于神灵，人类在将世界神圣化的过程中，扮演者重要的角色。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In July,nineteen fifty-one, New York City officials took away his right to play in nightclubs because he used illegal drugs.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

Yet, it's something very important, as we would want to know in any play or novel or movie.

但这之间有些很重要的环节，就像我们想要欣赏任何表演，小说或电影时,会想深入发掘一般。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

In two thousand six, the year after Hurricane Katrina, the Saints returned to play at the repaired Superdome in New Orleans.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

So although the New Critics were fed up with philological criticism, I don't mean to be condescending toward it or to suggest that it didn't play a crucially important role in the evolution of literary studies.

所以，虽然新批判主义,对语言学批判主义不满，但是并不是要否认语言学批判主义,在文学研究发展过程中,起到的重要作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Adair said one of the best honors in the world was to have John Wayne play him in a movie.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

We used iterative deletion in a relatively abstract setting, or not abstract, rather a play setting last time in which were choosing numbers.

我们在相对抽象的背景下探讨迭代剔除,其实也没那么抽象,比如上一讲,我们做的选数字的游戏

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

He is a successful online player, but so far his biggest win in live tournament play was eighty-two thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

I mean, one thing--I play a fair amount of I play a little bit of poker and I'm very interested in the game.

举个例子说，有一件事情-我自己也玩的很多,我会玩一点扑克,而且我对这个游戏非常感兴趣。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In nineteen fifty-one she played the character "Gigi" in the Broadway play of the same name to great critical praise.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

In your RIS packet, I gave you the short poem "Two Songs from a Play." The first stanza of that interesting poem repeats themes from "The Magi" and "The Second Coming."

我给你们的资料里有首短诗,一出剧里的两支歌,这首有趣的诗的第一节重复了,东方三贤和二次圣临的主题“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

While in high school, Roberto signed a contract to play baseball for the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican winter league.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Because these things are unpaired, we have already seen how unpaired electrons play a role in the Stern-Gerlach experiment.

因为它们都是未成对的，我们已经发现,在Stern-Gerlach实验中,未成对电子扮演怎样一个角色了。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"We have no choice," he said, "as to whether or not we will play a great part in the world.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Though this might look silly and it is, in fact, Play-doh it is a professor at Stanford University so it's legit.

虽然这看起来很2，实际上它是play-doh彩泥，它是一个斯坦福大学的教授,所以这是合法的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

They have less than two weeks to go before they must perform the play for the Shakespeare in the Courts program.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

So we'll take Flaming Hot Cheetos up there, and later in the class I'll play you a very cute clip from NPR about kids eating Flaming Hot Cheetos in schools.

我们以火焰辣奇多为例,稍后我会播一个来自于全国公共广播网的,关于孩子们在学校里吃火焰辣奇多的短片

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The trip to Spain resulted in two works, a play called "The Fifth Column" and the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

VOA: special.2011.06.26

And the schools play a major role in this and thus all these kids who grew up speaking patois or Provencal or Gascon-- I forgot Gascon, around Bordeaux, they can sing the Marseillaise in acceptable French as they march off to be slaughtered.

在这里面学校扮演了主要角色,所以这些说着,方言或者普罗旺斯语或者加斯科涅语的孩子们,我把加斯科涅语忘了,在波尔多附近,他们操着勉强能接受的法语唱着马赛曲,上前线等待被屠杀

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

They put the flowers in vases and began to play some fast and lively songs on their guitars.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

As a student majoring in Theater, what was the most memorable play that you were involved in?

作为一个主修戏剧的学生，你参与过的最难忘的戏剧是什么？

记忆犹新的表演 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Well, of course,the most famous Greek case,I think of these things, is in Sophocles' play Oedipus the King, which illustrates it perfectly well.

尼弥西斯:希腊神话中司复仇的三女神的总称 关于这种情况,最著名的希腊案例,我想是,索福克勒斯的《俄狄浦斯王》,它对其进行了完美的阐述

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选