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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。
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4  See picture of 见图 EXPLOSION
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。
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SPOKEN PHRASES
11 let yourself go 
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12 let something go 
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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〕
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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〕
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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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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〕
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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 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)
5FREQUENCY 使用频率
PHRASAL VERBS
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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
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-let /lɪt/ suffix [in nouns]  
1XXa small kind of something
 a booklet
小册子
 a piglet
小猪
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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

See also: let's


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