ear 指“耳朵”，引伸为“听到或看到的现实环境”，play it by ear “看环境而定，没有固定规划”。其反义词为 play it by the book, 指“严酷按法则处事，安分守纪”。



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A : Stay with me , OK? l don't feel like staying here

by myself.

B : Well , OK. If something does turn up , l'll just play it by ear.

A : There's a new movie on campus. Have you heard of it?

B : Yes , it's a comedy. Let's go to cinema then.

A：留下来陪陪我吧，好吗？我不喜好本身呆在这儿。

B：好吧。若是有事的话，我就只都雅环境而定了。

A：咱们黉舍要放映一部新片子，你据说了吗？

B：据说了，是个笑剧，那我们去看片子吧。