let
v. 允許; 許可; 讓; 要; 假設; 出租
n. 擦網球; 出租
If you let something happen, you allow it to happen without doing anything to stop or prevent it.
People said we were interfering with nature, and that we should just let the animals die...
人們說我們是在干涉自然界,還說我們應該任由動物死去。
Thorne let him talk...
索恩讓他暢所欲言。
If you let someone do something, you give them your permission to do it.
I love sweets but Mum doesn't let me have them very often...
我愛吃糖,可媽媽不讓我常吃。
The Americans won't let her leave the country...
美國人不允許她出境。
If you let someone into, out of, or through a place, you allow them to enter, leave, or go through it, for example by opening a door or making room for them.
I had to get up at seven o'clock this morning to let them into the building because they had lost their keys...
今天早上我不得不7點鐘就起床開門讓他們進樓,因為他們把鑰匙弄丟了。
I let myself into the flat...
我自己開門進了公寓。
You use let me when you are introducing something you want to say.
Let me say it again. I despised Wade's life...
我再說一遍。我厭惡韋德的生活方式。
Let me tell you what I saw last night...
我來告訴你我昨晚見到了什麼。
You use let me when you are offering politely to do something.
Let me take your coat...
我來幫您拿外套。
Let me get you something to drink.
我給你拿杯喝的來。
You say let's or, in more formal English, let us, to direct the attention of the people you are talking to towards the subject that you want to consider next.
Let's consider ways of making it easier...
咱們來想想辦法把它變得更容易些吧。
Let us look at these views in more detail.
我們來具體研究一下這些觀點。
You say let's or, in formal English, let us, when you are making a suggestion that involves both you and the person you are talking to, or when you are agreeing to a suggestion of this kind.
I'm bored. Let's go home...
我覺得好無聊。我們回家吧。
'Shall we go in and have some supper?' — 'Yes, let's.'
“我們要不要進去吃點晚飯?”——“好啊,走吧。”
Someone in authority, such as a teacher, can use let's or, in more formal English, let us, in order to give a polite instruction to another person or group of people.
Let's have some hush, please...
請大家安靜一下。
'Let us pray,' said the Methodist chaplain.
“我們來祈禱吧,”那個循道宗牧師說。
People often use let in expressions such as let me see or let me think when they are hesitating or thinking of what to say next.
Now, let's see. Where did I leave my bag?...
嗯,我想想。我把包放哪兒了?
'How long you been living together then?' — 'Erm, let me think. It's about four years now.'
“那你們住在一起有多久了?”——“呃,我想想。到現在差不多4年了。”
You can use let to say that you do not care if someone does something, although you think it is unpleasant or wrong.
If he wants to do that, let him do it...
他要做,就讓他做好了。
Let them talk about me; I'll be dead, anyway...
隨他們怎麼說我吧;我反正是要死的。
You can use let when you are saying what you think someone should do, usually when they are behaving in a way that you think is unreasonable or wrong.
Let him get his own cup of tea...
自己的茶讓他自己端。
If they value these data, let them pay for them.
他們要是看重這些資料,就讓他們出錢買。
You can use let when you are praying or hoping very much that something will happen.
Please God, let him telephone me.
上帝啊,求你讓他打電話給我吧。
You can use let to introduce an assumption on which you are going to base a theory, calculation, or story.
Let x equal 5 and y equal 3...
設x等於5,y等於3。
The new man in my life (let's call him Dave) had a very jealous ex-girlfriend.
我生命中這個新男人(就叫他戴夫吧),他的前女友是個醋罈子。
If you let your house or land to someone, you allow them to use it in exchange for money that they pay you regularly.
She is thinking of letting her house to an American serviceman...
她正考慮把房子租給一個美國軍人。
The reasons for letting a house, or part of one, are varied.
把整套房子或其中一部分租出去,其原因是多種多樣的。
In tennis or badminton, if you serve a let, the ball or shuttlecock touches the net but lands in the correct part of the court. You then serve again.
Let alone is used after a statement, usually a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.
It is incredible that the 12-year-old managed to even reach the pedals, let alone drive the car.
12歲的孩子能踩到踏板已經是不可思議,就更不用說開車了。
To let someone be means to leave them alone and not interfere in what they are doing.
If your child is really sick and needs sleep and quiet, let him be.
如果孩子真的病了,需要睡眠和靜養的話,就不要去打擾他。
If you let go of someone or something, you stop holding them.
She let go of Mona's hand and took a sip of her drink...
她放開莫娜的手,抿了一口飲料。
She held the photos with the determined grip of a small child and wouldn't let go.
她像小孩一樣緊緊攥住那些照片,不肯放手。
If you let go of a feeling, attitude, or the control that you have over something, you accept that you should give it up or that it should no longer influence you.
In therapy, she began to let go of her obsession with Mike...
在心理治療中,她開始逐漸放下對麥克的痴迷。
The work should focus on helping parents to let go of their children.
工作應以協助父母放鬆對子女的管教為重點。
If you let someone or something go, you allow them to leave or escape.
They held him for three hours and they let him go...
他們扣留了他3個小時後放走了他。
I'm quite happy really to net a fish and then let it go.
網到魚後又把它放生,我挺開心的。
When someone leaves a job, either because they are told to or because they want to, the employer sometimes says that they are letting that person go .
I've assured him I have no plans to let him go...
我向他保證,我絕對沒打算讓他走人。
Peterson was let go after less than two years.
不到兩年彼得森就被解僱了。
If someone says or does something that you think is annoying or stupid and you let it go, you do not react to it or say anything about it.
Let it go, he thought. He didn't feel like arguing.
管它呢,他想。他並不想爭吵。
If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
Stop worrying about what you're feeling. Let yourself go.
不要總想著自己是什麼感覺。放輕鬆點。
If someone lets themselves go, they pay less attention to themselves or their appearance than they used to, so that they look untidy or unattractive.
If you have let yourself go, you should consider doing something about it for the sake of your health.
你以前要是對自己不管不顧,現在應該為了自己的健康著想而改變一下。
If you say that you did not know what you were letting yourself in for when you decided to do something, you mean you did not realize how difficult, unpleasant, or expensive it was going to be.
He got the impression that Miss Hawes had no idea of what she was letting herself in for...
他覺得霍斯小姐根本不知道自己會惹來什麼麻煩。
I realized I'd let myself in for something from which there was no turning back.
我意識到自己陷入了沒有退路的境地。
If you let someone know something, you tell them about it or make sure that they know about it.
They want to let them know that they are safe...
他們想讓他們知道他們安全無事。
If you do want to go, please let me know.
如果你真想去的話就請告訴我。
If you let drop ,let fall, or let slip information, you reveal it casually or by accident, during a conversation about something else.
How could she know about that? He'd certainly never let drop any hint...
她是怎麼知道的?他絕對沒有走漏半點風聲。
He might have let something slip in a moment of weakness.
他可能一時大意說漏了嘴。
If you say that someone has been let loose in a place or situation, you mean that they have been given complete freedom to do what they like in that place or situation, and you suggest that this may be risky.
She has all the glee of a little girl let loose in a sweetie shop...
她像糖果店裡無人管束的小女孩那樣興高采烈。
Trainees go through a four-hour lesson before they are let loose on the controls.
受訓人員須上4小時的課才能自由進行操作。
If someone lets loose a sound or remark, they make it, often suddenly.
He let loose a long, deep sigh...
他突然喟然長嘆了一聲。
Hill let loose a torrent of abuse against those who prosecuted his case.
希爾對控告他的人破口大罵起來。
If something lets you down, it is the reason you are not as successful as you could have been.
Many believe it was his shyness and insecurity which let him down...
很多人認為是他的靦腆和缺乏安全感拖了他的後腿。
Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot.
遺憾的是,過於簡單的情節使得這部電影差強人意。
If you let down something such as a tyre, you allow air to escape from it.
I let the tyres down on his car...
我把他的汽車輪胎放了氣。
Remove wheelnuts, let down tyre, put on spare.
擰下車輪螺母,放掉車胎的氣,換上備用胎。
1. a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
1. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen;
2. actively cause something to happen;
3. consent to, give permission;
4. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;
5. leave unchanged;
6. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;
allow, let, permit, leave, authorize
這些動詞均含"讓,允許"之意。
hire, lease, rent, let, charter
這些動詞均含"租,租用"之意。
let down
放下,降下:使其逐漸下來;降低
使失望:沒有達到所期望的;使沮喪
let on
宣揚;承認
假裝
let out
終止;結束
使知道;洩露
放大(衣服):增大(例如衣服的)尺寸
let up
放慢;減緩
停止;暫停
let someone/thing alone
let someone/thing be
別打擾,不干預
let someone down gently
委婉告訴,給…臺階下
let something drop (或 fall)
無意中說出,不經意透露
let fall
(幾何)向一直線作垂線
let fly
對…進行(身體或語言)攻擊
let oneself go
率性而為
不修邊幅,邋遢
let someone/thing go
放,釋放
放開,釋放
let someone have it
(非正式)揍,教訓;痛罵
let in (或 out) the clutch
咬合(或放開)離合器
Let us finalize tonight.
讓我們今天晚上幹完.
When he was with her, his nerve never let up.
和她在一起, 他總是感到很激動.
My guess is that he didn't come because his parents wouldn't let him come.
我猜,他沒來是因為父母不讓他來.
When his father refused to let him have his own way, the child played his trump card by crying.
看到爸爸沒有如自己的意, 那孩子便使出絕招,哇的一聲哭了起來.
Let it cool off before you eat it.
冷一下再吃.