let

常用词组

let down

1. 放下，降下：使其逐渐下来；降低

• let down the sails.
• 放下船帆

2. 使失望：没有达到所期望的；使沮丧

let on

1. 宣扬；承认

• Don't let on that you know me.
• 不要让人知道你认识我

2. 假装

let out

1. 终止；结束

• School let out early. The play let out at 11&b{p.m.}
• 学校放学早。话剧&b{晚上} 11点结束

2. 使知道；泄露

• Who let that story out?
• 是谁泄露了消息?

3. 放大（衣服）：增大（例如衣服的）尺寸

• let out a coat.
• 放大一件外衣

let up

1. 放慢；减缓

• didn't let up in their efforts.
• 他们没有松劲

2. 停止；暂停

• The rain let up.
• 雨停下来了

let someone/thing alone

• 1. The rain let up.
• 雨停下来了

let someone/thing be

1. 别打扰，不干预

• let him be—he knows what he wants.
• 随他去吧——他知道自己要做什么。

let someone down gently

1. 委婉告诉，给…台阶下

let something drop (或 fall)

1. 无意中说出，不经意透露

• from the things he let drop I think there was a woman in his life.
• 从他随口说出的话里，我听出他身边有一个女人。

let fall

1. (几何)向一直线作垂线

let fly

1. 对…进行（身体或语言）攻击

• the troops let fly with shells loaded with chemical weapons.
• 军队用化学武器炮弹进行攻击。

let oneself go

1. 率性而为

• you need to unwind and let yourself go.
• 你该放松下来，干点自己想干的事。

2. 不修边幅，邋遢

• he's really let himself go since my mother died.
• 自从妈妈去世之后，他变得越来越邋遢。

let someone/thing go

1. 放，释放

• they let the hostages go.
• 他们放了人质。

2. 放开，释放

• Adam let go of the reins.
• 亚当脱手缰绳。
• you must let the past go.
• 你必须摆脱过去。

let someone have it

1. (非正式)揍，教训；痛骂

• I really let him have it for worrying me so much.
• 他老是烦我，我好好教训了他一顿。

let in (或 out) the clutch

1. 咬合（或放开）离合器

let it drop (或 rest)

1. 到此为止

let it go (或 pass)

1. 不搭理

• the decision worried us, but we let it go.
• 这决定让我们担心，不过我们没去理它。

let someone know

1. 告诉某人

• let me know what you think of him.
• 告诉我你怎么看他。

let someone/thing loose

1. 放开，放松（某人或某物）

• let the dog loose for a minute.
• 把狗放开一会儿吧。

let me see (或 think)

1. ［暂时停下，回想某事或考虑下面的话］让我想想

• now let me see, where did I put it?.
• 让我想想，我把它放哪儿了？。

let me tell you

1. ［表示强调］告诉你吧

• let me tell you, I was very scared!.
• 告诉你吧，我吓坏了。

let off steam

• 1. let me tell you, I was very scared!.
• 告诉你吧，我吓坏了。

let rip

• 1. let me tell you, I was very scared!.
• 告诉你吧，我吓坏了。

let's face it (或 let's be honest)

1. (非正式)［表示应面对现实］老实说，说实在的

• let's be honest, your taste in men is famously bad.
• 老实说，你看男人的眼光简直差极了。

let slip

• 1. let's be honest, your taste in men is famously bad.
• 老实说，你看男人的眼光简直差极了。

let's pretend

1. 模拟游戏；逢场作戏

let's say (或 let us say)

1. ［引出假设或可能情况］假设

• let's say we agreed to go our separate ways.
• 假设我们同意分道扬镳。

to let

1. （房屋）可供出租的

let or hindrance

1. (正式)妨碍，阻碍

• the passport opened frontiers to the traveller without let or hindrance.
• 这一护照使旅行者可以无阻碍地入境。

play a let

1. （网球运动等）触网重发

let someone down

1. 不支持，辜负，拆台

let something down

1. 放下，放低

• they let down a basket on a chain.
• 他们用链子把篮子放了下去。

2. 放出（褶边)，放长（衣服）

3. (英)给车胎放气

let oneself in for

1. (非正式)陷入，卷入（麻烦）

• I didn't know what I was letting myself in for.
• 我不知道自己会卷入什么样的麻烦之中。

let someone in on/into

1. 让（某人）知道（内情）

• I'll let you into a secret.
• 我告诉你一个秘密。

let something into

1. 把…嵌入，插入

• the basin is partly let into the wall.
• 洗手盆部分嵌入墙内。

let someone off

1. （对错误或非法行为）从轻处理，放过

• he was let off with a caution.
• 他受了警告就轻松逃脱了。

2. 允许不必（工作）

• he let me off work for the day.
• 他允许我这天不干活。

let something off

1. 放（枪，爆竹，炸弹）

let on informal 非正式

1. 放口风，泄漏秘密

• she knows a lot more than she lets on.
• 她知道的比透露出来的多得多。
• [with clause]I never let on that he made me feel anxious.
• 我从未告诉别人他让我担心的秘密。

2. 假装

• [with clause]they all let on they didn't hear me.
• 他们都假装没听见我的话。

let someone out

1. 不再让（某人）负责，不再猜疑（某人）

• they've started looking for motives—that lets me out.
• 他们已经开始寻找动机 了——我的嫌疑也因此被排除了。

let something out

1. 发出声音或喊叫

• he let out a sigh of happiness.
• 他愉快地舒了口气。

2. （尤指改缝）放大（衣服）

3. 透露消息

• [with clause]she let out that he'd given her a lift home.
• 她透露说他开车送她回家。

习惯用语

let alone

1. 更不用提；更别说

• “Their ancestors had been dirt poor and never saw royalty, let alone hung around with them”(&b{Garrison Keillor})
• “他们的祖先穷得要命，从来没有见过王族成员，更不用说和他们在一起了”(&b{加里森·谢勒})

let go

1. 不再雇用；解雇

• had to let 20 workers go.
• 必须解雇二十名工人

let off on【非正式用语】

1. 降低，如压力；缓和

• Let off on the gas so that we do not exceed the speed limit.
• 减小油门以防止超过限速

let (one's) hair down

1. 消除某人的拘谨或压抑

let up on

1. 较宽容地对待

• Why don't you let up on the poor child?
• 你为什么不能较宽容地对待这个可怜的孩子呢?

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