play safe

基本解释

The bus might be early, so we'd better play safe and leave now.
公共汽车可能会早到，所以为了保险起见我们最好现在就动身。
Instead of risking his inheritance in the stock market, Tim decided to play safe and invest it in government bonds.
蒂姆没有把继承的钱财拿到证券市场去冒险，而是决定谨慎行事，购买政府公债。
Results and Conclusions To make corresponding measures, aimed at enhancing efficacy of Chinese herbal pieces, so that they can play safe and efficient role.
结果与结论提出针对中药材质量不高提出相应对策，旨在提高中药饮片质量，使其能够安全而高效地发挥作用。
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Former footballer and Deputy General-Secretary of the Union, Thulaganyo Gao Shubelwe, says footballers can play a positive role in conveying the safe-sex message because of the aura surrounding them.
We must be extra vigilant, The government must play its role as to make the environment safe and remove all environmental factors cancer. (OMITTED) Good sources of drinking water, he says,will stop people from going to streams and ponds, where they get infected with some of these organisms.
Conscious that a faraway and costly war doesn't play well with voters, incumbent Gordon Brown insists the troops are fighting to keep Britain safe "We have got to be clear that we cannot allow terrorists to have territory in the world that then they use as a base to attack the United Kingdom."

We lead by virtue of who we are every time we refuse to play safe.
FORBES: You Lead By Virtue Of Who You Are