Goodies英文學堂︱To play it by ear是指「靠耳朵彈奏」嗎？即睇idiom解說/例句/小測驗
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英文詞彙數量眾多，組合起來可以衍生新的意思，帶來更豐富的用法。《星島教育》精選多個有趣的Idioms（慣用語），拆解含義之餘，亦提供例句與小測驗，協助小朋友增進語文知識。今次介紹的「To play it by ear」，表面意思是「靠耳朵彈奏」，究竟真正的意思是甚麼？
意思
To decide what to do during a situation, rather than following a plan (見機行事、隨機應變)
例句
- I don’t know how many people will be at Ocean Park tomorrow. Let’s just meet at 12pm and play it by ear once we’re there.” (「我不知道明天海洋公園會有多少人。我們先約好中午12點見面，到了那裡再看情況吧。」)
- Should I book tickets for the movie, or should we play it by ear? (我該先訂好電影票，還是到時候隨機應變比較好？)
小測驗
You want to go to the park, but your mum has a meeting in the morning. She says you guys will “play it by ear” in the afternoon. She means:
- You will play with each other’s ears
- There is an ear in the park
- She will decide in the afternoon if you can go to the park
To play it by ear
答案：3
