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25 Nov 2020
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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- English (US)
@Christine0724 Not quite -- "playing to his base" is more commonly used when it's something he's actively choosing to do because his fans/followers would like it. Someone else's failure wouldn't quite fit there. So something more like: "He played to his base by going with a modern art style. As a result, he got awarded the best artist of the year."
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- English (US)
His "base" in this context is his supporters, so "plays to his base" means "appeals to his supporters"
- English (US)
it means one person's action helps another person. Here, what China does, actually helps Donald Trump.
Example, The injury of the star player in the baseball team played to the other teams base.
Played to ( person / group ) base
I have not encountered this type of structure, so I could be wrong.
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
@ZerowO Thanks so much :) So I suppose I can say like this, “The company’s failure actually played to its opponent’s base, which became the largest private sector later on.”?
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
@kika988 So I can say “The failure of her work played to his base. As a result, he got awarded the best artist of the year.”?
- English (US)
@Christine0724 Not quite -- "playing to his base" is more commonly used when it's something he's actively choosing to do because his fans/followers would like it. Someone else's failure wouldn't quite fit there. So something more like: "He played to his base by going with a modern art style. As a result, he got awarded the best artist of the year."
- English (US)
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
@kika988 Thanks again :) So it’s more like doing something to please someone who is supporting you. Like “The singer played to her base by singing her debut song. As a result, she earned $100 millions that night.”?
- English (US)
@Christine0724 That's closer! That technically works but doesn't sound natural, honestly. "Playing to your base" is more of a calculated move to try to get their approval. A singer would release a debut song eventually anyway, so that move isn't specifically catering to her fans. If the singer released a specific *type* of song that she knows her fans like, that would be playing to her base.
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
@kika988 So I can say “ The president played to his base by imposing a specific rule where people can rub the bank.”?
- English (US)
Yes! Sorry, this one was a bit complicated 😅
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
@kika988 No, learning English is a lot of fun XD
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