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- concluding 164
- wad 96
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- master 569
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- legalize 91
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- Confine 246
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- supportive 207
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- kwela 47
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- check in 205
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- account for something 139
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- heed 210
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- lithesome 41
- use 472
- hepatitis 66
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- draw up 152
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- resourceful 343
- partisan 116
- buoyant 202
- cooped up 106
- After 77
- f 93
- count on 268
- Chronology 485
- bodied 81
- minimum 638
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- undecided 240
- funkiness 59
- choke off 94
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- Road trip 39
- blunder 283
- roll your eyes 91
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- rink 353
- clear up 86
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- soar 486
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- July 83
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- immediately 1595
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- bungee jumping 118
- relieved 438
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- Admirable 132
- objectionable 63
- Sustain 276
- continuance 167
- ideal 698
- lethe 42
- close something ↔ off 60
- CARAMEL 80
- brownish 90
- declaredly 55
- paralympics 46
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- css 82
- occurrence 659
- apposition 223
- Perceptive 251
- laburnum 61
- conjugate 159
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- goddamn 187
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- limeade 50
- conference call 107
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- polenta 54
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- profit 718
- hmi 54
- Region 295
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- log in 35
- annuity 153
- dependable 237
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- half note 120
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- passover 61
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- Session 294
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- feet 140
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- emblazoned 105
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- Typical 345
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- estimate 879
- occur to somebody 40
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- anesthetic 245
- cocked hat 151
- face-palm 76
- sentimentalism 55
- tirade 70
- anti 116
- barkeeper 158
- Simile 144
- gunsmith 101
- eyeglass 162
- substantiate 282
- Bermuda 97
- oedema 59
- tinned 60
- groupware 117
- Hail Mary 169
- Let 153
- animal 376
- faddier 47
- COUPLET 52
- double over 111
- deer 489
- ladylike 67
- chew somebody ↔ out 123
- keelhaul 52
- over-age 58
- half-light 268
- cuspidor 91
- knottiest 34
- charity shop 110
- Beginning 195
- epidemiologist 55
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- cups 55
- do up 156
- feature 751
- For good 41
- fall in with 85
- Lengths 78
- limby 38
leave
Word family
leave1 /liːv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp left /left/)
1 go away 离开 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LEAVE A PLACE to go away from a place or a person 出发；离开
leave (something/somebody) soon/now/later etc
leave (something/somebody) to do something
leave somebody to something
2 stop 停止 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if you leave your job, home, school etc, you permanently stop doing that job, living at home etc 离职；离开〔家、学校等〕
leave home/school/college etc
leave a job/country/Spain etc
3 leave somebody/something alone
4 let STH/SB stay 让某物/某人留在某处 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]REMAIN/BE LEFT to make or allow something or someone to stay in a place when you go away 把〔某物或某人〕留在某处
5 not change/move STH 不改变/不移动某物 [transitiveT]ARRANGE A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLE to let something remain in a particular state, position, or condition 使保持〔某种状态或在某个位置〕
6 result of accident/illness/event 事故/疾病/事件的后果 [transitiveT]CAUSE if an event, accident, illness etc leaves you in a particular condition, you are in that condition because of it 造成，使留下〔某种后果〕
7 be left (also have something left)REMAIN/BE LEFT if something is left, it remains after everything else has gone, been taken away, or used 剩下，剩余；留下来
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be left• I still have three chapters left to read.• Is there any coffee left?• In each case contestants are voted out one at a time by their colleagues and by viewers until just two are left.• One on each side for the short distance that was left.• He was left in feeble health, unemployed and with a wife, three-year-old daughter and a newly-born one.• Coats, bags and shoes were to be left in the corridors and not brought in to the hall.• By 5 o'clock there was hardly anyone left in the office.• The inculcation of political orthodoxy and instruction of a more coercive nature was left strictly in the hands of the Party.• That was left to a Commission on Admissions, which spent the summer and fall wrangling bitterly over the details.• Scarcely a single social problem was left untouched.• After expenses and a donation to a charity, he was left with about $ 424,000.
8 letter/message/thing 信件/口信/东西 [transitiveT]PUT to deliver a message, note, package etc for someone or put it somewhere so that they will get it later 〔给某人〕留下〔口信、便条、包裹等〕
9 delay 推迟 [transitiveT]NOT DO something to not do something or to do it later than you intended 留下〔不做〕
10 let SB decide/be responsible 让某人决定/负责 [transitiveT]RESPONSIBLE to let someone else decide something or be responsible for something 把…留交〔某人决定或负责〕；委托；交由
11 husband/wife etc 丈夫/妻子等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to stop living with or having a relationship with your husband, partner etc 离开〔丈夫、伴侣等〕
12 when you die 临死 [transitiveT]
13 mark 记号 [transitiveT] to make a mark that remains afterwards 留下〔痕迹等〕
14 not eat/drink 不吃/不喝 [transitiveT]EATDRINK if you leave food or drink that you have been given, you do not eat or drink it 剩下〔食物或饮料〕
15 leave somebody/something standing (also leave somebody/something in the dust American EnglishAmE) informalBETTERFAST/QUICK to be much better, quicker, more successful etc than someone or something else 远远胜过某人/某物，让某人/某物望尘莫及
16 leave a lot/something/much to be desired GOOD ENOUGHto be very unsatisfactory 还有许多需要改进的地方
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leave a lot/something/much to be desired• Bob's idea of a balanced diet left something to be desired.• His treatment of capital and profits left much to be desired.• On the campaign trail, his oratorical skills have left much to be desired.• On theoretical grounds, however, it leaves much to be desired.• The quality of research in the area of child abuse still leaves much to be desired.• To some degree they have been hampered by courses of study and lesson plans thai leave something to be desired.• While the woodwind and low strings were reasonably well replicated, the violins, timpani and brass left much to be desired.• Yet, as a match, it left something to be desired.
18 leave something aside/to one side IGNOREto not think about or consider one part of something for a time, so that you can consider another part of it 把某事暂时搁在一边，暂时不考虑某事
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19. leave somebody/something be old-fashioned to not upset, speak to, or annoy someone or to not touch something 不去打扰某人，不去管某人；不去动某物
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leave somebody/something be• Leave me be! I've got a lot of things to think about.
20. leave go/hold of something British EnglishBrE spoken informalHOLD to stop holding something 放开某物；放掉某物
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21 leave it to somebody (to do something) American EnglishAmE spoken informal used to say that no one should be surprised that someone does something, because it is typical or expected of them 当然是某人(做某事)
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leave it to somebody (to do something)• And I will leave it to you, dear reader, to make a choice.• At Thayer the clear intention is that if something is central to our mission, we will not leave it to chance.• But I don't want to leave it to the last game of the season.• He'd not leave it to some one who would turn it over.• I leave it to your discretion whether you should tell the Professors that they are 114 both wrong, or both right.• I find it difficult to put my thoughts and feelings about this into words, so I will leave it to others.• They ought to leave it to the markets.• Yeah, well, leave it to Esther.
22. Elvis/somebody/something has left the building especially American EnglishAmE informal used humorously to emphasize that something is definitely over or that someone has gone and will not return 某人已经一去不复返；某事已经彻底结束〔幽默用法〕
23 leave somebody/something ↔ behind phrasal verbphr v
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leave behind• A bower builder can leave his behind. 72 More direct evidence of this pattern comes from fish.• But her happiness is clouded by having to leave daughter Amber behind.• Employees may also be worried about the social life in the new area and leaving their friends behind.• Soon it would take off, leaving her behind.• When people flee a country at the outbreak of war, they do not leave their valuables behind.• Now that they had left Naples way behind them she felt increasingly less secure.• Agnes noticed Nanny pick up something as they left the town behind them.• She tearfully departed with one dress, leaving the children behind with her mother.
leave the past behind• They leave the past behind them and turn toward the future.
left ... far behind• But for Iain such everyday adolescent misadventures have already been left far behind.• Mice, deer and all these islands' aboriginal inhabitants are left far behind.• The Emerald City was soon left far behind.
24 leave off phrasal verbphr v
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leave off• I would keep on reading the first few pages, forgetting where I had left off.• Several people touch him as they speak; he looks up, responds, and picks up right where we left off.• Ten days later, we picked up where we had left off, driving away from Wichita in yet another new car.• It is time to leave off, his daughter tells him, it s time to burst forth like a butterfly.• Or maybe she has the idea that we can pick up where we left off in Jefferson's long but thin bed.• I leave off only when Evan is hooked into the unfolding plot of the story.• Some might see dangers and difficulties in discussing reunification, but it could not be left off the agenda.• Ask for brown-bread toast and leave off the butter!
leave off doing something• Ask for brown-bread toast and leave off the butter!• I leave off only when Evan is hooked into the unfolding plot of the story.• I would keep on reading the first few pages, forgetting where I had left off.• It is time to leave off, his daughter tells him, it s time to burst forth like a butterfly.• Or maybe she has the idea that we can pick up where we left off in Jefferson's long but thin bed.• Several people touch him as they speak; he looks up, responds, and picks up right where we left off.• Some might see dangers and difficulties in discussing reunification, but it could not be left off the agenda.• Ten days later, we picked up where we had left off, driving away from Wichita in yet another new car.
25 leave somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v
→ somebody can take it or leave it at take1(21), → be left holding the baby/bag at hold1(26)Examples from the Corpus
leave out• But hang on a minute ... Do you think I might have left anything out?• Don't be afraid to leave things out!• He placed the food on the kang and left dispiritedly.• You've left it out here.• Since they knew there were no diamonds in these harder rocks, they just left them out in the fields.• If this would otherwise be done leaving food out or in the refrigerator, then the microwave actually adds to energy use.• Clint woke up when she left and looked out the window.
leave somebody/something out of something• And leave me out of it.• The law required Polly to establish that Peter's activities had left her out of pocket.• I am using this fact as an excuse to evade the problem and leave it out of the classification altogether.• Still, Leyland left him out of the postseason rotation because there was nobody else to work right-handed long relief.• Wilkinson was the first to leave, walking out of the room abruptly and looking somewhat tense.
be/feel left out• The whole time I went to the youth group I felt completely left out.• But some will be left out.• Can it really be left out?• Had we picked Emburey, I think Willis would have been the one to be left out.• It was a testimonial to his personality that he could take his roots with him without making others feel left out.• They tried to see she didn't feel left out but Jean is very shy and sensitive.• A man can feel left out during pregnancy.• Those waiting for Washington to successfully deal with these issues will be left out in the cold.• Gwendolen McEwen had always felt left out when her schoolfriends went to see their grandparents, because she had none.
n THESAURUS
to leave a place
leave
Just as I was leaving the house, the phone rang.
We left early to avoid the traffic.
go especially spoken to leave somewhere
Come on, boys, it’s time to go.
When does the next bus go?
set off especially British EnglishBrE to leave somewhere and begin a journey
The following day we set off for Vienna.
take off if a plane takes off, it leaves the ground at the beginning of a flight
Our plane took off late because of the fog.
emigrate to leave your own country in order to live permanently in another country
In 2002, his family emigrated to New Zealand.
depart formal to leave – used especially about trains, buses, planes etc
to leave school/college etcCoaches depart for the airport every 30 minutes.
leave especially British EnglishBrE to finish studying at school or college, usually at the age or time when people normally finish
When James left school, he worked for a while with his father.
She found it hard to get a job after leaving university.
graduate to successfully finish your studies at a college or university, or at an American high school
Kelly graduated from Harvard with a degree in East Asian Studies.
Approximately 80% of Americans graduate from high school.
drop out to leave school, college, or university before your course of study has finished, because you do not want to continue with it
I failed my first year exams and decided to drop out and get a job.
quit American EnglishAmE to leave school without finishing your course of study
leave your jobHe quit school at fourteen to work and help support his family.
leave
I left my last job because the salary was so low.
Why don’t you just leave?
quit to leave your job permanently because you are not happy with it
After enduring months of harassment, Mrs Collins decided to quit her job.
I’ve told them I’m quitting.
resign to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job
The company director was forced to resign over the scandal.
hand in your notice/resignation to write an official letter to your employer saying that you are going to leave your job on a particular date
You have to hand in your notice at least four weeks before you leave.
retire to leave your job in order to stop working permanently, usually because you have reached the age when most people stop working
After forty years of working for the bank, Karl retired in May.
He had to retire because of ill health.
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leave• He left £1000 to each of the nurses who had looked after him.• I hated school and couldn't wait to leave.• Church officials are concerned about all the people who have left.• Collins leaves a wife and three children.• Small wonder, then, that heart disease kills a quarter of us and leaves another third chronically disabled.• Brian's parents talked him out of leaving college.• I have to leave early tomorrow morning to fly to Detroit.• Always leave enough fuel for the next person to build a fire with.• What legacy are we leaving for future generations?• I'm leaving for Paris on Tuesday.• He offered me four grand, all he had left from the game, and I took it.• Coaches leave from Victoria every hour.• I'm surprised that Kent left her.• He left his hometown when he was 16, and he hasn't been back there since.• I left home when I was 14.• Her plane leaves Hong Kong at 10.00.• I can't find my coat - I must have left it at work.• "Where's Marcia?" "Oh, she left last week to have her baby."• It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years.• It seemed unbelievable that they would stand aside and let them leave like this.• It had not left much time to arrange for a reception committee.• I'm sure I left my bag somewhere around here.• I was glad we had not gone away as my uncles had and left Omite alone.• Cut the fillets into serving pieces but leave steaks whole.• Hand back the identity card when you leave the building.• After 30 years, Paige is leaving the company.• Chamberlain was a Cabinet Minister until he left the Liberal party in 1886.• After leaving the Navy, he started a new career in journalism.
leave for• We're leaving for Tokyo next week.
leave home/school/college etc• And all this meant that I couldn't wait to leave home.• At the time of the research, children could generally find employment in the area without leaving home.• Her father gave up shooting quite suddenly, after Frank left home.• Senior power forward Tony Moore became academically ineligible, then left school.• Some police agencies lock anklets on criminal suspects, convicts and parolees that set off an alarm if the person leaves home.• What is done here with and for high school students will make a difference in who they are when they leave school.• Ever since leaving college, Susan has lived for publishing and worshiped Simon.• Before you leave school to go on Work Experience you will be told which teacher to contact if you have any problems.
left ... in the care of• I left her in the care of Nettie and Inge.• I could not stay, but left her in the care of the doctor and several nurses, and returned to London.
leave a space/gap etc• That means you have to leave space.• It is important to leave a gap between the water surface and the drip tray to allow this.• It's hard to see how to begin with enough reality to generate action while leaving space for genuine doubt.• Of course the importance of a high quality of case recording is clearly recognised but a rushed volunteer might leave gaps in case recording.• At the time Cook was concentrating on smaller, more select parties which left a gap in the market for larger tours.• Since most tables are also used for dumping, leave space so that the arrangements aren't continually being disturbed.• It could not properly be interpreted as leaving a gap where that unusual situation arose.• Any of the text can be changed, but don't forget to leave spaces wherever they will be needed.
leave somebody something• If I'm not home, you can leave me a message.• Uncle Gene left us his house.• Why didn't you leave me any bread?
left undone• But this justifiable pleasure does not disguise the fact that much was left undone.• Now knights no longer come everyday, and the good deeds are left undone.• Our coverage begins with the biggest thing he did, then turns to the biggest thing he left undone.• Somebody is always dissatisfied or something is always left undone.• They remain friends, though she is quick to be petulant over telephone messages left unanswered and favours left undone.• Nothing is left undone, nothing left to chance.• These criticisms, which focus on what has been left undone rather than on what has been done, are inevitably inconclusive.• We have left undone those things which we ought to have done.
leave something to somebody• I've always left financial decisions to my wife.
leave somebody for somebody• Jan's husband left her for another woman.
leave a mark/stain/scar etc• A new way of helping students leave a mark.• For the first time since I had to leave home, this is a place that will leave a scar.• The disturbing images, however, have left a mark.• Velvet Pin as little as possible as pins tend to leave marks.• Even the gradual assimilation of his disappointment would leave scars and blights, like a landscape after fire.• And worse, something which will leave a stain on me.• Stagflation and the threat of deeper world recession has left marks upon the consciousness of the workers.
leaving ... untouched• He placed his unfinished cigar in the ash tray and rose from the table, leaving his brandy untouched.• Irradiation would make things worse by destroying the warning spoilage bacteria and leaving pathogens untouched.• They zero in on dopamine while leaving other neurotransmitters untouched.• Zali sniffed at the food, looked at me and lay down, leaving it untouched.• Trim any excess fat from the lamb, leaving the skin untouched, and rub the joint with salt and pepper.
leave2 ●●○ S3 W3 noun
1 holiday 假期 [uncountableU]BEC time that you are allowed to spend away from your work, especially in the armed forces 假期，假日；〔尤指军人的〕休假
2. maternity/sick/compassionate leave time that you are allowed to spend away from work because you have had a baby, because you are ill, or because of a personal problem such as the death of a relative 产假/病假/慰唁假
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maternity/sick/compassionate leave• I could take the afternoon off from work as sick leave.• These work-force-centered benefits helped businesses retain their most valuable employees. Sick leave policies changed.• Accumulating days for sick leave proved to be a trap.• Generally a trend of sick leave or requests for transfers by other women who have worked for this person will emerge.• When they go on sick leave, their aggregate take-home pay is actually higher than when they are on the job.• She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.• If the technology is not firm-wide train an extra secretary to cover for others who are on holiday or sick leave.• Joe and Eileen were given short compassionate leave and Stephen came home for the funeral.
3 leave of absence BECa period of time that you are allowed to spend away from work for a particular purpose 准假
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leave of absence• They say she was not fired, but failed to return after a leave of absence.• I could take a leave of absence from graduate study for one year and still have my fellowship held for me.• Arienne is taking a leave of absence to do a Master's degree.• Patrick Brady, 28, took a leave of absence from Gov.• Morales said his leave of absence from the district runs out May 23.• As the Gay situation unraveled, reserve guard Charlie Taylor was granted an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons.• In 1624 he obtained leave of absence from the University and served as a Member of Parliament.• Whether this entitles the House to exclude a peer on leave of absence has not been tested.• I would have been pleased had Peter been somewhat hesitant to grant me a one-week leave of absence.
5 without so much as a by your leave old-fashionedRUDE/IMPOLITE without asking permission, in a way that seems very rude 未经许可，擅自
6 take leave of your senses CRAZYto suddenly start behaving in a strange way 发疯
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take leave of your senses• Her daughter had taken leave of her senses and her husband was never at home when he was needed.• She had taken leave of her senses!• You must have taken leave of your senses! b. You must have left your senses behind! 35a.• But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women.• But John had not taken leave of his senses.• Was she taking leave of her senses?• I know what you're saying and I think you've taken leave of your senses.• You challenged him to a fight? Have you taken leave of your senses?
7. take leave of somebody/take your leave formalGOODBYE to say goodbye to someone 向某人告别/辞别
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + leave
annual leave (=an amount of time that you are allowed away from work for holidays etc)
Annual leave is 22 days plus public holidays.
maternity leave (=time that a mother is allowed away from work to have and take care of a new baby)
Two teachers were off on maternity leave.
paternity leave (=time that a father is allowed away from work to take care of a new baby)
He got five days’ paternity leave.
parental leave (=time that a parent is allowed away from work to take care of a child)
Parental leave is often unpaid.
sick leave (also medical leave American EnglishAmE) (=time that you are allowed away from work because you are ill)
The form must be filled in as soon as you return from sick leave.
compassionate leave (=time that you are allowed away from work because someone in your family is very ill or has died)
Eileen was given compassionate leave to go to the funeral.
paid/unpaid leave
She took three days unpaid leave in order to help her daughter.
home leave (=time that you are allowed to spend at home from a job that is far away, for example in the army, or from prison)
Roberts had failed to return from home leave, and there was a warrant out for his arrest.
shore leave (=time that a sailor is allowed to spend on land and away from work)
Hong Kong was a popular place for shore leave.
special leave (=time that you are allowed away from work for a special reason)
Some firms grant special leave when you move house.
study leave British EnglishBrE (=time that you are allowed away from work because you are taking a course)
The company offers study leave for staff development.
sabbatical leave (=time that a teacher is allowed away from work to study or travel)
Headteachers can take sabbatical leave every five years.
indefinite leave (=leave without a time limit)
nounsShe has gone on indefinite leave, suffering from exhaustion.
leave entitlement (=the amount of time that you are allowed to spend away from work on holidays etc)
verbsThe normal paid leave entitlement is 20 days.
have/get leave
How much annual leave do you get?
be entitled to leave (=be allowed to have as leave)
After five years, employees are entitled to 25 days’ leave.
go on leave (=start your time away from work)
I’ll get the report to you before you go on leave.
take leave (=use the time you are allowed)
I don’t think I’ll be able to take any leave in January because we’re too busy.
use (up) leave
I used all my leave in the summertime.
give/grant somebody leave
He was given compassionate leave.
cancel somebody’s leave (=stop people taking leave)
The Police Department cancelled all leave because of the emergency.
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leave• Phil still has three days' annual leave owing to him.• They're giving me five days' leave.• I get twenty-five days' leave a year.• I had come on leave first, so I was first to return.• They got married while he was on leave from the army.
on leave• Carter is in charge of the office while I'm on leave.
leave to do something• The manager should discuss the proposals for the coming year's maintenance programme before the allocation of annual leave to nurses.• I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the options for leave to which you may be entitled.• Anyone else must obtain leave to make an application.• Prior to Puhlhofer, failure to obtain leave to proceed by judicial review occurred in less than 10 percent of the applications.• Niall arrived home on leave to find she'd packed her bags and left him a note.• If the original statement requires correction it is presumably necessary to seek leave to amend although the rules are silent on this.• Our friend looked at them, then lifted the leaves to expose a lovely row of radishes we never knew we had!• Drain in a colander, pressing the leaves to extract all the juice.• I have to leave to pick up the kids at school.
From Longman Business Dictionary
leaveleave /liːv/ noun [uncountableU]HUMAN RESOURCES
time that you are allowed to be absent from your work
→ annual leave → compassionate leave → gardening leave → maternity leave → paternity leave → sabbatical leave → sick leave → special leaveThe company offers attractive benefits, including five weeks’ leave per year.
The Los Gatos School District has hired 21 new teachers to replace those who are on leave.
Old English læfan
leave2 Old English læf
leave1 verb
→n THESAURUS1leave2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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leave noun
⇨ holiday 1 (annual leave) ⇨ permission (absent without leave) leave verb
⇨ leave 1 (It's time we left.) ⇨ leave 2 (leave home/school) ⇨ leave 3 (leave your job) ⇨ leave 4 (leave sb/sth behind) ⇨ leave 5 (leave your husband) ⇨ leave 6 (leave sb in charge) ⇨ pass sth on (leave sb money in your will) ⇨ remain (Is there any coffee left?) ⇨ take 1 (He left this letter for you.) leave 1 It's time we left. 我们该走了。 leave home/school 离家；离校 leave your job 辞职 leave sb/sth behind 丢下某人；忘了带某物 leave your husband/wife 抛弃丈夫／妻子 leave sb in charge 委托某人负责 ➡ See also the entry for set off 另见set off条 leave ♦︎ go ♦︎ exit ♦︎ depart ♦︎ be off ♦︎ part These words all mean to go away from a person or place. 这些词均表示离开某人或某处。 NOTE 辨析 The words in the leave entry emphasize the act or time of leaving sb/sth; the words in the go away entry emphasize the need or desire of the speaker to be somewhere else or for sb else to be somewhere else. * leave条下的词强调离开某人／某物的行为或时间；go away条下的词强调讲话者需要或想要去别处，或希望他人到别处去。 ➡ See also the entry for go away 另见go away条 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to leave / go / exit / depart / part from sb / sth ◆ to leave / depart for sth ◆ to leave / go / depart at 9 a.m., midnight, etc. ◆ to be ready / about / going to leave / go / depart ◆ to be forced to leave / go / depart / part ◆ let's go / be off◆ to leave / go / depart / be off now / soon / at once ◆ to leave / go / depart quickly / immediately ◆ to leave / go / be off in a hurry ■ leave (left , left [intransitive , transitive ] to go away from a place 离开（某处） ◆ Come on－it's time we left.快点，我们该走了。 ◆ The plane leaves for Dallas at 12.35.飞机于12:35起飞，前往达拉斯。 ◆ They got into an argument and were asked to leave.他们争论了起来，因而被要求离开。 ◆ John says he left the restaurant at around midnight.约翰说他在午夜前后离开了餐厅。 ◆ I hate leaving home.我很不愿意离开家。 OPP arrive ⇨ arrive , enter ⇨ enter ■ go (went , gone [intransitive ] to leave a place 离开；离去 ◆ I must be going now.我现在必须得走了。 ◆ Has she gone yet?她走了吗？ ◆ Don't go－I want to talk to you.别走－我有话跟你说。 ◆ He's been gone an hour (= he left an hour ago) .他离开一个小时了。 ◆ The train goes in a few minutes' time.火车一会儿就要开了。 ⓘ Go is often used with on to talk about sb leaving a place in order to travel, have a holiday or do sth different. * go常与on搭配，指某人离开某处去旅行、度假或做不同的事情 ◆ to go on a journey / tour / trip / cruise去旅行；去旅游；去短途旅行；去乘游轮度假 ◆ to go on holiday / vacation去度假 OPP stay ⇨ stay 1 go ⇨ go 1 , go ⇨ go 2 , going ⇨ departure 1 ■ exit [intransitive , transitive ] (formal ) to leave a building, room, stage, vehicle or other place 出去；离开；退场 ◆ The bullet entered his chest and exited through his back.子弹从他的前胸射入，从后背穿出。 ◆ We exited via a fire door.我们从防火安全门走了出去。 ◆ Exit Hamlet.(= used in the text of a play to say who should come off the stage) 哈姆雷特退场。 ◆ Passengers exited the aircraft through the rear door.乘客从后门下了飞机。 OPP enter ⇨ enter exit ⇨ departure noun 1 ■ depart dɪˈpɑːt; NAmE dɪˈpɑːrt [intransitive , transitive ] (formal ) to leave a place, especially to start a trip 离去；起程；出发；离开（某处） ◆ Flights for Amsterdam depart from Terminal 3.飞往阿姆斯特丹的航班从3号航站楼出发。 ◆ You must depart for England immediately.你必须立即起程去英格兰。 ◆ (NAmE The train departs Amritsar at 4.20 p.m.火车下午4:20从阿姆利则出发。 ◆ She waited until the last of the guests had departed.她一直等到最后一位客人离去。 ⓘ In ordinary speech, depart is formal, but it is the usual official word used about planes, trains, etc. that are leaving. 在日常口语中，depart颇为正式，但在表示飞机、火车等即将离开时为通常的规范用语。 OPP arrive ⇨ arrive departure ⇨ departure 1 ■ ˌbe ˈoff (especially BrE , informal , spoken ) to leave a place 离开（某处） ◆ It's time we were off.我们该离开了。 ◆ He's off to Rome in the morning.他已于早晨离开去罗马。 ◆ And they're off!(= used by sb describing the start of a race) 看，他们起跑了！ ■ part [intransitive ] (formal ) (of people) to move apart in different directions; to leave another person （人）离开，离别 ◆ We parted at the airport.我们在机场分手了。 ◆ He has recently parted from his wife (= they have started to live apart) .他最近与妻子分居了。 ◆ I never forgot his parting words (= what he said as he left) .我一直记得他临别时说的话。 leave 2 It's time we left. 我们该走了。 leave home/school 离家；离校 leave your job 辞职 leave sb/sth behind 丢下某人；忘了带某物 leave your husband/wife 抛弃丈夫／妻子 leave sb in charge 委托某人负责 leave ♦︎ move ♦︎ move out ♦︎ emigrate ♦︎ relocate ♦︎ migrate ♦︎ quit These words all mean to stop living in a place, belonging to a group, studying at a place, etc. 这些词均表示离开原来的住所、群体或学校等。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to move / move out / emigrate / relocate / migrate from... ◆ to move / move out / emigrate / relocate / migrate to... ◆ to leave / quit your home / school / college / job ◆ to leave / quit town ◆ to threaten to leave / move out / quit ◆ to decide / plan / want to leave / move / move out / emigrate / relocate / quit ■ leave (left , left [transitive , intransitive ] to stop living in a place, belonging to a group, studying at a place, etc. 离开居住地点（或群体、学校等） ◆ She left school at 14 with no qualifications.她14岁时就从学校肄业了。 ◆ He had left the organization some years before.他几年前就离开了这个组织。 ◆ Too many teachers are leaving the profession for higher-paid jobs.有太多的教师为了更高的薪酬而离开这个行业。 ◆ Hundreds of villagers have already left to seek work in the towns.已经有数百名村民进城找工作去了。 OPP stay on ⓘ To stay on is to continue studying, working, etc. somewhere for longer than expected or after other people have left. * stay on指超过预计时间或在别人离开后仍留下来继续学习、工作等 ◆ How can we encourage more 16-year-olds to stay on at school?我们该如何鼓励更多16岁的孩子继续留在学校读书呢？ ■ move [intransitive , transitive ] to change the place where you live, work or do business 搬家；搬迁 ◆ Moving (= moving home) can be an extremely stressful experience.搬家是一件极费心力的事。 ◆ All her family have moved away so she's on her own.她的家人都搬走了，所以她独自生活。 ◆ The company is moving to Scotland.公司将要迁往苏格兰。 ◆ He worked as a sales rep before moving to the marketing department.到市场部工作之前他是一名销售代表。 ◆ They've moved house three times in the past year.过去一年中他们搬了三次家。 ◆ I'm being moved to the New York office.我要调到纽约办事处去。 ■ ˌmove ˈout to leave your old home 搬出去；迁出 ◆ They're moving out next week.他们将于下周搬走。 ◆ Local people were forced to move out when the new settlers arrived.新移民到达后，原住民被迫迁出。 OPP move in ⇨ move in ■ emigrate ˈemɪgreɪt [intransitive ] to leave your own country and go to live permanently in another country 移居国外；移民 ◆ My grandparents emigrated from Vietnam to the US in the 1980s.我的祖父母在20世纪80年代从越南移民到了美国。 OPP immigrate ⇨ refugee emigrant ⇨ refugee ▸ emigration [uncountable , countable ] ◆ the mass emigration of Jews from eastern Europe大批犹太人迁出东欧的移民潮 ■ relocate ˌriːləʊˈkeɪt; NAmE ˌriːˈloʊkeɪt [intransitive , transitive ] (especially of a company or its workers) to move or move sb/sth to a new place to work or operate （尤指公司或其工人）搬迁，迁移；使迁移 ◆ A lot of people were unwilling to relocate.许多人都不愿意搬迁。 ◆ The company relocated its head office to Sacramento.公司将总部迁到了萨克拉门托。 locate ⇨ base ▸ relocation [uncountable ] ◆ Most workers will get pay rises if they agree to relocation.如果同意搬迁，大多数工人将会得到加薪。 ◆ We will pay all your relocation costs / expenses .我们将支付你们全部的搬迁费用。 ■ migrate maɪˈgreɪt; NAmE ˈmaɪgreɪt [intransitive ] (of birds, animals, etc.) to move from one part of the world to another according to the season; (of a lot of people) to move from one town or country and go and live and/or work in another （鸟、动物等）迁徙；（许多人）迁移，移居 ◆ Swallows migrate south in winter.燕子冬天迁徙到南方去。 ◆ Thousands were forced to migrate from rural to urban areas in search of work.成千上万的人为了找工作被迫从农村迁移到城市。 migrant ⇨ refugee ▸ migration [uncountable , countable ] ◆ seasonal migration季节性迁徙 ◆ mass migrations大规模的迁移 ■ quit (quitting , quit , quit ; BrE also quitting , quitted , quitted [transitive , intransitive ] (informal ) to leave the place where you live or study 迁出，搬离（住处）；离开（学校） ◆ He was forced to quit college and find work.他被迫从大学退学去找工作。 ◆ I decide to quit town and lie low for a while.我决定离开城镇去隐居一阵子。 ◆ The family has been given notice to quit (= told to leave their home) .这家人已经接到迁出的通知。 ⓘ Quit * quit也可表示离任或辞职。 leave 3 It's time we left. 我们该走了。 leave home/school 离家；离校 leave your job 辞职 leave sb/sth behind 丢下某人；忘了带某物 leave your husband/wife 抛弃丈夫／妻子 leave sb in charge 委托某人负责 leave ♦︎ retire ♦︎ resign ♦︎ quit ♦︎ step down ♦︎ give in/hand in your notice ♦︎ depart ♦︎ stand down These words all mean to stop working for an employer or to stop taking part in an activity in which you have been successful. 这些词均表示离任、辞职或退出某种活动。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to retire / resign / quit / step down / depart / stand down as director, chief executive, etc. ◆ to leave / resign / quit over pay, conditions, etc. ◆ to leave / retire from / resign from / quit / step down from / depart / stand down from a post / position ◆ to leave / retire from / resign from / quit / depart a job ◆ to decide to leave / retire / resign / quit / step down / hand in your notice / stand down ◆ to have / be forced to leave / retire / resign / quit / step down / depart / stand down ◆ to be ready / going to leave / retire / resign / quit / step down / stand down ◆ to ask sb to leave / resign / quit / step down / stand down ◆ to refuse to leave / resign / quit / step down ◆ to threaten to leave / resign / quit ■ leave (left , left [intransitive , transitive ] to stop working for an employer 离任；辞职 ◆ My assistant is threatening to leave.我的助手正以辞职相要挟。 ◆ She claims she was forced to leave her job after she became pregnant.她声称自己怀孕后被迫离职。 OPP stay on ⓘ To stay on is to continue studying, working, etc. somewhere for longer than expected or after other people have left. * stay on指超过预计时间或在别人离开后仍留下来继续学习、工作等 ◆ Fewer than half of the employees chose to stay on when the company was taken over.公司被收购后不足半数的雇员选择留下来继续工作。 ■ retire [intransitive ] to stop doing your job, especially because you have reached a particular age or because you are ill; to stop taking part in a professional sport 退职；退休；（从职业体育运动）退役 ◆ He is retiring next year after 30 years with the company.他在这家公司工作了30年，明年就要退休了。 ◆ My dream is to retire to a villa in France.我的梦想是退休后在法国住上一栋别墅。 ◆ The company's official retiring age is 65.公司的正式退休年龄为65岁。 ◆ She has decided to retire from international tennis.她已决定从国际网坛退役。 ▸ retirement [uncountable , countable ] ◆ to take early retirement 提前退休 ◆ This year we have seen the retirements of several senior personnel.今年我们有几位高层人员退休了。 ■ resign rɪˈzaɪn [intransitive , transitive ] (formal ) to officially tell sb that you are leaving your job or an organization 辞职；辞去（某职位） ◆ Two members resigned from the board in protest.两名董事会成员辞职以示抗议。 ◆ My father resigned his directorship last year.我父亲去年辞去了董事职务。 ▸ resignation ˌrezɪgˈneɪʃn [uncountable , countable ] ◆ a letter of resignation辞职信 ◆ Further resignations are expected.预计还会有人辞职。 ■ quit (quitting , quit , quit ; BrE also quitting , quitted , quitted [intransitive , transitive ] (informal ) to leave your job 离任；辞去（工作职位） ◆ If I don't get more money I'll quit.不给我加薪我就辞职。 ◆ He quit the show last year because of bad health.去年他因身体欠佳退出演出。 ■ ˌstep ˈdown (-pp- to leave an important job or position and let sb else take your place 离职；退职；下台 ◆ He stepped down as party leader a week ago.一周前他从政党领袖的职位上退了下来。 ■ ˌgive in your ˈnotice ■ ˌhand in your ˈnotice (gave , given to tell sb officially in writing that you are leaving your job 递交辞呈 ◆ She decided that she would hand in her notice and go travelling.她决定递交辞呈，然后去旅行。 ■ depart dɪˈpɑːt; NAmE dɪˈpɑːrt [intransitive , transitive ] (NAmE or business 商业 ) to leave your job 离任；辞去（工作职位） ◆ Giving a large pay-off to a departing executive may be seen as rewarding failure.付给即将离任的高管高额遣散费可能被视为奖励失败。 ◆ He departed the troubled firm after less than a year in the post.在任不到一年他就离开了这家混乱不堪的公司。 ▸ departure dɪˈpɑːtʃə(r); NAmE dɪˈpɑːrtʃər [countable ] ◆ His departure leaves the board without a leader.他的离任使董事会群龙无首。 ■ ˌstand ˈdown (stood , stood to leave an important job or position and let sb else take your place 离职；退职；下台 ◆ He stood down to make way for someone younger.他退下来让位给更年轻的人。 NOTE 辨析 Stand down is often used with words like have to , be obliged to , be asked to and refuse to , suggesting that people do not always choose to stand down from an important position. Stepping down , is more likely to be an action motivated by a calm personal decision. * stand down常与have to、be obliged to、be asked to和refuse to等短语搭配，意味着未必是自愿从重要职位上退下来。step down更有可能是冷静思考后的个人决定。 leave 4 It's time we left. 我们该走了。 leave home/school 离家；离校 leave your job 辞职 leave sb/sth behind 丢下某人；忘了带某物 leave your husband/wife 抛弃丈夫／妻子 leave sb in charge 委托某人负责 leave ♦︎ lose ♦︎ forget ♦︎ mislay These words all mean to not have sth because you forgot to take it with you or you do not know where it is. 这些词均表示忘记带或丢失某物。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to leave / lose / forget / mislay your keys / wallet / bag ■ leave (left , left [transitive ] to go away from a place without taking sb/sth with you 忘记带（某物）；丢下（某人） ◆ I left my bag on the bus.我把包落在了公共汽车上。 ◆ I've left my phone somewhere but I can't remember where.我把手机落在了某个地方，但一时记不起是哪里。 ◆ He wasn't well, so we had to leave him behind .他身体不适，因此我们只好把他留下。 ■ lose (lost , lost [transitive ] to be unable to find sb/sth 遗失；丢失 ◆ I've lost my keys.我的钥匙不见了。 ◆ The tickets seem to have got lost .那些票好像给弄丢了。 ◆ We've lost Alfie－is he with you?我们和阿尔菲走散了－他和你在一起吗？ ■ forget (forgot , forgotten [transitive ] to not remember or bring or buy sb/sth that you ought to bring or buy 忘记（带或买等） ◆ I forgot my purse.我忘了带钱包。 ◆ Hey, don't forget me (= don't leave without me) .喂，走时别落下我。 ⓘ If you want to mention the place where you left sth, use leave , not forget . 表示把某物遗忘在某处，要用leave，不用forget ◆ I forgot my bag on the bus. OPP remember ⇨ remember forget ⇨ fail 1 ■ mislay ˌmɪsˈleɪ (mislaid , mislaid [transitive ] (especially BrE , formal ) to put sth somewhere and then be unable to find it again, especially for only a short time 随意搁置，乱放（而一时找不到） ◆ I seem to have mislaid my keys.我好像不知道把钥匙放在哪儿了。 ◆ Don't worry－I'm sure it's not lost, just mislaid.别着急，我确信不会丢的，准是随手搁在哪儿了。 leave 5 It's time we left. 我们该走了。 leave home/school 离家；离校 leave your job 辞职 leave sb/sth behind 丢下某人；忘了带某物 leave your husband/wife 抛弃丈夫／妻子 leave sb in charge 委托某人负责 leave ♦︎ abandon ♦︎ dump ♦︎ desert ♦︎ strand ♦︎ turn your back on sb/sth ♦︎ neglect ♦︎ walk out These words all mean to reject sb or to leave them without help or support. 这些词均表示遗弃或抛弃某人。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to leave / dump / desert sb for sb else ◆ to leave / abandon / dump / desert / neglect / walk out on a husband / wife ◆ to leave / abandon / dump / desert a lover ◆ to abandon / desert / neglect a child ◆ sb's husband / wife leaves / abandons / dumps / deserts / neglects / walks out on them ◆ sb's lover leaves / abandons / dumps / deserts them ◆ sb's boyfriend / girlfriend leaves / dumps them ◆ sb's mother / father abandons / deserts / neglects them ■ leave (left , left [transitive ] to leave your wife, husband or partner permanently 遗弃，抛弃（伴侣） ◆ She's leaving him for another man.她要抛弃他，去跟另一个男人在一起。 ■ abandon [transitive , often passive ] to leave sb, especially sb you are responsible for, with no intention of returning 离弃；遗弃；抛弃 ◆ People often simply abandon their pets when they go abroad.人们出国时常常会把宠物遗弃。 ◆ The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.研究表明，老人十分害怕被丢给陌生人照管。 abandon ⇨ abandon ■ dump [transitive ] (informal ) to end a romantic relationship with sb in a sudden and unkind way 突然结束与（某人）的恋爱关系；甩掉（某人） ◆ Did you hear he's dumped his girlfriend?他把女朋友甩了，你听说了吗？ ■ desert dɪˈzɜːt; NAmE dɪˈzɜːrt [transitive ] to leave sb without help or support 抛弃，离弃，遗弃（某人） ◆ She was deserted by her husband.她被丈夫抛弃了。 ◆ Don't worry－I won't desert you.别担心，我不会丢下你不管的。 NOTE 辨析 Abandon is more often used to talk about leaving people who are unable to support themselves; desert is used more to describe disloyal acts, including leaving friends without help. * abandon多指遗弃不能自立的人；desert多指不忠实的行为，如丢下朋友不管。 ■ strand [transitive , usually passive ] to leave sb in a place which they have no way of leaving 使滞留 ◆ The strike left hundreds of tourists stranded at the airport.罢工使数百名游客滞留在机场。 ⓘ Strand * strand多指将旅行者滞留在某处，如机场或是出了故障的汽车或火车上。 ■ turn your back on sb/sth to reject sb/sth that you have previously been connected with 背弃；抛弃 ◆ She turned her back on them when they needed her.他们需要她的时候，她却背弃了他们。 ◆ Some newspapers have turned their backs on discussion and argument.有些报纸对讨论和争鸣置之不理。 ➡ See also the entry for reject 另见reject条 ■ neglect nɪˈglekt [transitive ] (formal ) to fail to take care of sb 疏于照顾；未予看管 ◆ She denies neglecting her baby.她否认没有照看好自己的婴儿。 neglect ⇨ ignore ▸ neglect [uncountable ] ◆ The law imposed penalties for the neglect of children.法律对疏于照管儿童有处罚措施。 neglect ⇨ neglect noun ■ ˌwalk ˈout (informal ) to suddenly leave sb, especially sb that you have a responsibility for 抛弃，遗弃，舍弃（尤指应对其负有责任的人） ◆ How could she walk out on her kids?她怎么能遗弃自己的孩子呢？ ◆ I was just seven when my dad walked out.我才七岁的时候父亲抛弃了我。 leave 6 It's time we left. 我们该走了。 leave home/school 离家；离校 leave your job 辞职 leave sb/sth behind 丢下某人；忘了带某物 leave your husband/wife 抛弃丈夫／妻子 leave sb in charge 委托某人负责 leave ♦︎ refer sb/sth to sb/sth ♦︎ hand sth over ♦︎ delegate ♦︎ turn sth over to sb ♦︎ entrust These words all mean to give sb else the responsibility for sth. 这些词均表示把事情委托或托付给某人。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to leave / refer / hand over / delegate / turn over / entrust sth to sb ◆ to leave / entrust sb with sth ◆ to leave / hand over / delegate / turn over the task / job / responsibility / management of sth to sb ◆ to leave / entrust sb with the task / responsibility of sth ◆ to leave / hand over / turn over a project / business to sb ◆ to hand over / delegate authority / power to sb ◆ to leave / refer / hand over / delegate sth to a committee ■ leave (left , left [transitive ] to give sb else the responsibility for sth 把⋯托付给；委托 ◆ You can leave the cooking to me.你可以把做饭的事交给我。 ◆ Leave it with me －I'm sure I can sort it out.把这事交给我吧－我一定会妥善处理的。 ◆ I leave it to you to decide what order to do things in.事情应该按什么顺序来做，就由你来决定了。 ◆ She left her assistant in charge.她委托助手来主管。 ◆ I was left to cope on my own.就剩我一人独自应付。 ■ reˈfer sb/sth to sb/sth (-rr- (formal ) to send sb/sth to sb/sth for help, advice or a decision 让（某人）求助于⋯；把（某事）移交给⋯ ◆ My doctor referred me to a specialist.我的医生让我去找一位专科医生诊治。 ◆ The case was referred to the Court of Appeal.这个案子被移交到上诉法院。 ▸ referral [uncountable , countable ] ◆ illnesses requiring referral to hospitals需要送医院转诊的疾病 ■ ˌhand sth ˈover to give sb else your position of power or the responsibility for sth 把（权力或责任）移交给（某人） ◆ He finally handed over his responsibility for the company last year.他终于在去年交出了公司的职务。 ⓘ Hand sth over is typically used with work-related words such as job, project, business and responsibility . In British English hand over to sb can also be used without an object. * hand sth over通常与工作方面的词连用，如job、project、business和responsibility。在英式英语中，也可用不接宾语的hand over to sb ◆ (BrE She resigned and handed over to one of her younger colleagues.她辞职了，将工作交给一个比她年轻的同事接手。 ▸ handover ˈhændəʊvə(r); NAmE ˈhændoʊvər [countable , uncountable ] ◆ the smooth handover of power from a military to a civilian government从军政府到文官政府权力的顺利移交 ■ delegate ˈdelɪgeɪt [intransitive , transitive ] (formal ) to give part of your work, power or authority to sb in a lower position than you 授权；把（工作或权力）委托给 ◆ Some managers find it difficult to delegate.有些经理认为难以放权。 ◆ The job had to be delegated to an assistant.这项工作得交给助手去做。 ⓘ People typically delegate powers, responsibilities, authority, decisions and work . * delegate通常与power、responsibility、authority、decision和work等词搭配。 ▸ delegation ˌdelɪˈgeɪʃn [uncountable ] ◆ the delegation of decision-making决策权的授予 ■ turn sth over to sb (especially NAmE ) to give the control of sth to sb 把⋯移交给（某人） ◆ He turned the business over to his daughter.他把企业交给女儿管理。 ■ entrust [transitive ] (formal ) to make sb responsible for doing sth or taking care of sb 委托；托付 ◆ He entrusted the task to his nephew.他把任务委托给了自己的侄儿。 ◆ He entrusted his nephew with the task.他委托侄儿来执行这个任务。 ◆ His mother entrusted him to doctors at Charing Cross hospital.他母亲把他托付给查灵十字医院的医生照管。 ⓘ Note the three possible patterns used with entrust . * entrust可以用在以下三种结构中 ◆ to entrust sth to sb ◆ to entrust sb with sth ◆ to entrust sb to sb
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To end a friendship or relationship: defriend, unfriend, break off...
Attendance and non-attendance at school or university: absence, absenteeism, attend...
Leaving a job: resign, retire, stand down...
General words meaning to put something somewhere: put, place, position...
To forget, or to try to forget: forget, blot out, blank out...
To produce a reaction or result: result in, decide, provoke...
To go somewhere with someone or something: come, drive, walk...
To make someone feel a particular emotion or strong emotions: affect, provoke, inspire...
To not act, or to not do something: bother, abstain, neglect...
To not change, or to refuse to change your opinion: hold to, remain, have the courage of your (own) convictions...
General words meaning to give: give, present, hand...
Inheritance, inheriting and heritage: an accident of birth, be descended from, beneficiary...
Time off from work: absenteeism, break, career break...
General words for permission: permission, consent, approval...
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