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let

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ldoce_729_zlet1 /let/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp let, present participle letting)  
1  allow 允许 [transitiveT not in passive] to allow someone to do something 让，允许 → allow, permit
 I can’t come out tonight – my dad won’t let me.
今天晚上我不能出来，我爸爸不允许。
let somebody do something
 Let Johnny have a go on the computer now.
现在让约翰尼来玩玩电脑吧。
 Some people seem to let their kids do whatever they like.
一些人似乎允许自己的孩子随心所欲。
 Let me have a look at that letter.
我来看看那封信吧。
let somebody have something (=give something to someone) 给某人某物
 I can let you have another £10, but no more.
我可以再给你10英镑，再多就没有了。
5Don’t say ‘be let to do something’, because let has no passive form. Use the active form, or use be allowed .
不要说 ‘be let to do something’，因为 let 没有被动语态。 要用主动语态，或者用 be allowed: They let me leave 他们让我走。 | I was allowed to leave. 我获准离开。
► see thesaurus at allow
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In written English, people often prefer to use allow somebody to do something rather than let somebody do something, as it is slightly more formal: 在书面英语中，人们往往使用allow sb to do sth，而非let sb do sth，因为前者稍显正式
We must allow young people to develop independence.
我们必须允许年轻人学会独当一面。
2  not stop STH happening 不阻止某事发生 [transitiveT]LET/ALLOW to not stop something happening, or to make it possible for it to happen 任由…发生，让
let somebody/something do something
 Jenny let the note fall to the ground.
珍妮任由字条掉落到地上。
 Don’t let anyone know it was me who told you.
不要让别人知道是我告诉你的。
 Max let the door swing open.
马克斯任由门打开。
 Let the cookies cool down before you try them.
等曲奇冷一冷再尝。
let yourself be beaten/persuaded/fooled etc
 I stupidly let myself be persuaded to take part in a live debate.
我傻乎乎地被人劝去参加一个现场辩论会。
3  let go HOLD
a) to stop holding something or someone 放手，松开
 Let go! You’re hurting me.
放开！你把我弄疼了。
let go of
 The guard let go of the lead, and the dog lunged forward.
卫兵松开绳子，那只狗就猛冲上去。
b) to accept that you cannot change something and stop thinking or worrying about it 放手〔不再思考或担心〕
 Sometimes you just have to learn to let go.
有时候你就得学会放手。
Examples from the Corpus
let go• Cory Selliker, his eyes watering under the brim of his black Earnhardt cap, heard Marchman's advice to let go.• It was as if they were clinging to each other, and they couldn't let go.• Then the turtle was going to tear his arms off, and he let go.• He let go and ducked back into the driving rain.• Just let go and jump.• What was it that he himself would have to let go of before he reached the mountaintop?• At the end of the fair, the school let go of hundreds of balloons.• They let go of the girl and led Hilda behind the partition.• She wouldn't let go of the letter.• So mestizo culture - reluctant to let go of tradition - created its own deity to host the yearly handout.• You have to let go or go mad.• Let go! You're hurting me.
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4  let somebody go 
a) to allow someone to leave a place where they have been kept 释放某人，放走某人 SYN release
 The police had to let him go through lack of evidence.
由于缺乏证据，警方只得放他走。
 The hijackers were persuaded to let some hostages go.
劫持者被说服释放部分人质。
b) to make someone leave their job – used in order to avoid saying this directly 叫某人走人〔解雇某人的委婉说法〕
 I’m afraid we had to let several of our staff go.
恐怕我们不得不让几名员工走人了。
Examples from the Corpus
let somebody go• Due to a lack of evidence against the suspect, the police had to let the prisoner go.• I just kept praying that the man would let me go.• The police let her go after a night in jail.• We've had to let three people go this month.
 SPOKEN PHRASES
11  let yourself go 
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let yourself go• That left plenty of room for those wanting to let themselves go.• He's quite scholarly, but he can be really funny when he lets himself go.• If they are kind, if they care about you, they may want to know why you are letting yourself go.• One thing you could say for my daughter, she never let herself go.• People may be unusually observant and tell you that you are letting yourself go.• Perhaps Moira and Martin had almost lost each other because they were afraid to let themselves go.• Dick took me to the party and, for once, I let myself go completely.• She'd let herself go, last night - but she was none the worse for it, was she?• You can come up and let yourself go - shout about and that and muck about.• She's really let herself go since she had the baby.• I merely let myself go to impulse.
12  let something go 
Examples from the Corpus
let something go• I've nowhere to store all this china, so I'm letting the whole lot go for $50.• They've held the world record for many years, and they're not going to let it go without a fight.
13  wish 愿望 [transitiveT not in passive]LET/ALLOW used to say that you wish or hope that something happens, or does not happen 让〔用来表达愿望〕
14  let alone IMPOSSIBLEused after a negative statement to say that the next thing you mention is even more unlikely 更不用说，更谈不上〔用于否定句之后〕
Examples from the Corpus
let alone• Hardly an inspirational notion, let alone a formula for improved customer relations.• It's unwise to let policy be influenced, let alone jeopardized, by outraged personal pride.• If your income drops or ends, how will you pay them off, let alone keep up with the accumulating interest?• I doubt he would have given one of his grandparents a point that morning, let alone me.• I wouldn't work with my mom, let alone my whole family.• Many thousands of children had never even seen, let alone owned a pair of shoes.• It's disappointing that Butman doesn't ask these questions, let alone provide answers.• Keeper Judge never touched him let alone trip him.• But these images were not arbitrary, let alone trivial.
15  let something drop/rest/lie to stop talking about or trying to deal with something 停止谈论某事；不去管某事
16  let slip to accidentally tell someone something that should have been kept secret 泄露〔秘密〕
Examples from the Corpus
let slip• The chance to convert a proposal long mooted into reality was too precious to let slip.• It was true that Miss Devenish let slip a good deal of fragmentary information about Tolby.• He had let slip he was married.• I happened to let slip how much James gave me for it.• Not a word had Dooley let slip, not even a hint.• On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you.• Even if he did not allow himself to betray his secret directly he might let slip something that would provide a clue.• Alex let slip that he had spoken to Julie on the phone and knew where she was.• He inadvertently let slip the name of their new product.• From there on, they never let slip their icy grip on the game.
17  rent 出租 [transitiveT] especially British EnglishBrELEND to charge someone an amount of money for the use of a room or building 出租 SYN lease, → hire, rent
18  MATHEMATICS 数学let something be/equal/represent something technical used in mathematics to mean that you give something a particular measurement or value in order to make a calculation 假设某物为/等于/代表某物
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let something be/equal/represent something• Let c equal 6.
19  let yourself in for something informalPROBLEM to do something that will cause you a lot of trouble 给自己招来〔麻烦〕
Examples from the Corpus
let yourself in for something• He was probably right, but I wondered what we were letting ourselves in for.• I took his point and wondered what I had let myself in for.• It is important that people are aware what they are letting themselves in for.• Thistle's early season promise has evaporated, and debutant Julian Broddle must be wondering what he's let himself in for.• What exactly was I letting myself in for?• What have I let myself in for?• We must know what we are letting ourselves in for, theoretically, when we use such measures.• Property: Don't let yourself in for trouble Choosing the right agent is essential if you want to rent your property.
20  never let a day/week/year etc go by without doing something REGULARused to say that someone does a particular thing very regularly 没有一天/一个星期/一年等不做某事
21. let the good times roll informal used to say that it is time for people to start having fun 让好时光飞转起来吧，大家开始玩起来吧
22. let somebody have it informal to attack someone 袭击某人
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let somebody have it• As for the Cub players they came out on the steps of their dugout and really let me have it.• He says that you just let them have it!• Instead of saying no, they let the kids have it.• They suggested she borrow the money until such time as they could let her have it.• We should have let them have it.• Netscape hooked millions of web surfers on Navigator by letting them have it for free.• Mrs. Kramer really let him have it for spilling the paint.• Do report recurring faults to the developers; that's why they let you have it free.• I let him have it to get rid of him.
→ let fly (something) at fly1(17), → let it all hang out at hang out, → live and let live at live1(21), → let it/her rip at rip1(6), → let rip at rip1(5)
5 FREQUENCY 使用频率
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
let• Under no circumstances, however, should the Dole campaign let Buchanan speak during prime time at the Republican Convention.• I know he's grown up now, but it's hard for me to let go.• Sue doesn't let her kids eat candy.• They are the reason he asked Mobil to let him build a bigger store.• Let him come home safely, she prayed.• It'll drive you crazy if you let it.• My parents didn't want to let me go, but I begged them and promised to come back very quickly.• Because if you drive... hold on, let me just check some-thing.• Thanks for letting me spend the night at your place.• I want to go to Europe this summer, but my parents won't let me.• But let no one doubt that this earthquake will happen.• Away from her, he must feel like a boy let out of school.• The company owns about 170 cottages in Britain, which it lets out to tourists.• Nellie's house had a 'To Let' sign in the window.• You'd better let the dog out.• 200,00 sq ft of land was let to a local firm.• So let us look at what factors appear to affect the performance of individuals in their jobs.• We wanted to go camping, but our parents wouldn't let us.• If hungry he'd gnaw your ankle just to let you know to fill his bowl.
let somebody do something• His wife won't let him watch football on TV.• Let me show you how to do it.
let yourself be beaten/persuaded/fooled etc• All the nurses in Illinois submit passively, like the early Christians, and let themselves be beaten.• Perhaps unconsciously I willingly let myself be fooled, just in order to please him and keep our relationship going.• Even I had let myself be persuaded of this dream.• I let myself be persuaded to take part in a television programme about books.
Let’s not• Let's not talk about work tonight.
let something out to somebody• With small, isolated follies and temples, one solution is to let them out to artists.• With some one watching him all the time except when one of Them let the other out to fetch the papers.• I went, but my friend wouldn't speak to me, let alone come out to keep me company.• Early most mornings, they let Kibbles out to run.• The Count just let you out to torment me, but I've always known you were there.
let2 noun  
1  [countableC] British EnglishBrE an arrangement in which a house or flat is rented to someone 出租，租借
2. without let or hindrance lawSCL happening freely without being prevented in any way 毫无障碍地
Examples from the Corpus
without let or hindrance• It should flow easily, though not too swiftly, through the manholes, without let or hindrance.• The willingness to thin the office staff without let or hindrance.• Truth, however tawdry or trivial, may be told without let or hindrance from libel laws.• Instead of the passport opening frontiers to the traveller without let or hindrance, it has become the means of international surveillance.
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let• This would justify the fact that to is not used with this sense of let.
-let /lɪt/ suffix [in nouns]  
1 XXa small kind of something 小
 a booklet
小册子
 a piglet
小猪
Examples from the Corpus
-let• an anklet
From Longman Business Dictionary
letlet /let/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp let, present participle letting) [transitiveT] British EnglishBrEPROPERTY
(also let out) to allow someone to use a room or building in return for rent
let something to somebody
She let the studio to artists.
There are numerous offices to let (=available to be rented) in the town.
Once the tourist season begins, we should be able to let out the rest of our properties.
—let noun [countableC]
Stein employed a landlord to manage the Browning Street let.
→ compare lease1, rent1
Origin let
Old English lætan
 -let
Old French -elet, from -el “small” (from Latin -ellus) + -et
let1 verb
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→n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2 →REGISTER1 →5 FREQUENCY1
→SPOKEN PHRASES1 →PHRASAL VERBS1let2 noun-let suffix
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