Marlon Brando played the pants off the Godfather.

马龙·白兰度在《教父》中演得赞到不行。

The two musicians played off each other in a piece of inspired improvisation.

【play】两位乐师在表演一首精彩的即兴曲时争强斗胜。

I cannot understand even now what she would be at, for there could be no need of my being played off to make her secure of Tilney.

我什至现在都不明白她在干什么，因为没有必要利用我来让她对蒂尔尼产生安全感。

To play someone off someone else is to make those two people disagree, oppose each other. She played her parents off each other after their divorce to get what she wanted.

play someone off someone是指使两个人产生分歧，挑拨离间。在她的父母离婚之后，她为了得到自己想要的，在两人之间煽风点火。