played out

英 [ˌpleɪd ˈaʊt]

美 [ˌpleɪd ˈaʊt]

adj.  失去影响(或作用)

牛津词典

adj.

• 失去影响（或作用）
  no longer having any influence or effect

英英释义

adj

• drained of energy or effectiveness
  1. the day's shopping left her exhausted
  2. he went to bed dog-tired
  3. was fagged and sweaty
  4. the trembling of his played out limbs
  5. felt completely washed-out
  6. only worn-out horses and cattle
  7. you look worn out
  Synonym:exhausteddog-tiredfaggedfatiguedspentwashed-outworn-out(a)worn out(p)
• worn out
  1. a played out deck of cards

双语例句

• Much the same process has played out in Europe over the past two years.
  过去两年来，欧洲经历了与此类似的过程。
• After the game I was really played out.
  比赛之后我真是感到累坏了。
• The film has eerie parallels with the drama being played out in real life.
  这部电影和现实生活中发生的一系列戏剧性事件有着诡异的巧合之处。
• He's not the writer he was. People are beginning to say, he's played out.
  他已不是从前那样的作家了，人们开始说他已才思枯竭。
• FASCINATING drama is about to be played out in the world's biggest country.
  一出引人入胜的戏剧马上要在世界上最大的国家上演。
• The proverbial story of "David defeats Goliath" played out in the high tech industry.
  “大卫打败了歌利亚”（DaviddefeatsGoliath，《圣经》典故，以弱胜强的典型&译注）这个众所周知的故事看来在高科技产业里又重演了。
• It had been a hard day, and by night he was played out.
  劳累了一天，到晚上他已筋疲力竭。
• Yvette handed him detonators and played out wire to be connected to timing devices.
  伊维特把雷管递给了他，然后把准备连接在定时装置上的电线放出。
• Our strength was played out early in the contest.
  比赛中我们的力量早已耗尽了。
• Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment
  她对工会的改革是在失业率不断上升的背景下展开的。