leave是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to go away from someone or something, for a short time or permanently -- 離開；離去；走開

  • I'll be leaving at five o'clock tomorrow. 我明天早晨五點鐘離開。

  • He left the house by the back door. 他從房子的後門離開了。

  • She left the group of people she was with and came over to speak to us. 她離開了人群，走過來和我們說話。

  • The bus leaves in five minutes. 公車五分鐘後開車。

• 1 to not take something or someone with you when you go, either intentionally or by accident -- 遺留，遺忘

  • Hey, you've left your keys on the table. 喂，你把鎖匙忘在桌子上了。

  • Can I leave a message for Sue? 我可以給蘇留個口信嗎？

  • Why don't you leave the kids with me on Friday? 週五你幹嗎不把孩子留給我照顧呢?

• 2 If something leaves something else, a part or effect of it stays after it has gone or been used. -- 留下；剩下

  • His shoes left muddy marks on the floor. 他的鞋在地板上留下了泥印。

  • [ + two objects ] If I give you €50 that won't leave me enough cash to pay the bill. 如果我給你50歐元，我剩下的錢就不夠付帳了。

  • [ + obj + adj ] Far from improving things, the new law has left many people worse off (= they are now in a worse situation) than before. 這項新的法律不僅沒有使生活條件得到改善，反而使許多人的境遇更加糟糕了。

  • Leave that chair where it is. 把那張椅子留在原處。

  • He left most of his dinner (= did not eat much of it). 他的晚飯幾乎一點也沒動。

  • [ + obj + adj ] The family were left (= became and continued to be) homeless. 一家人流落街頭。

  • I'll have to go back - I think I've left the iron on. 我必須得回去——我覺得好像忘記關電熨斗了。

  • You can leave the window open. 你可以讓窗戶開著。

  • Leave your sister alone (= stop annoying her). 不要打擾你姐姐。

  • I left the children watching television. 我走的時候，孩子們仍在看電視。

  • He left the engine running. 他離開的時候沒有關上引擎。

• 3 to not eat or use all of something -- 沒有吃完（或用完）…

  • They'd eaten all the cake, but they'd left some sandwiches. 他们把蛋糕都吃了，但是留下了一些三明治。

  • Are there any cookies left? 还有饼干剩下吗？

  • There's some food left over from the party. 晚会剩下了一些吃的。

  • Make sure you leave enough hot water for the rest of us. 保证给我们留下足夠热水。

• 4 to stop doing something, or to leave a place because you have finished an activity -- 離開；停止；完成

  • Many children leave school at 16. 許多孩子16歲上完中學。

  • He left work in June for health reasons. 因健康原因，他於六月份辭職了。

  • She left home (= stopped living with her parents) at 18. 她18歲離開家獨立生活。

  • Could we leave that subject (= stop discussing that subject) for the moment and go on to the next item on the agenda? 我們不要再討論那個題目了，進行議程中的下一項內容好嗎？

• 5 to end a relationship with a husband, wife, or partner and stop living with them -- 結束（與丈夫、妻子或伴侶的）關係並不再同居

  • I'll never leave you. 我永遠不會離開你。

  • She left her husband for a younger man. 她離開了她丈夫，和一個年輕男人在一起。

• 6 If you leave (doing) something, you wait before you do it. -- 等一段時間再做

  • I'll leave these letters till Monday (= write them on Monday). 這些信我週一再寫。

  • Don't leave it too late (= don't wait too long to do it). 別拖得太久了。

  • [ + -ing verb ] They left booking their holiday till/to the last minute. 他們拖到最後才去預訂假期旅程。

• 7 To leave a wife, husband, or other close family member is to die while these family members are still alive. -- 死後留下，身後留下

  • He left a wife and two children. 他身後留下了妻子和兩個孩子。

  • He left his nieces all his money./He left all his money to his nieces. 他把所有的錢都留給了他的侄女們。

• 8 to allow someone to make a choice or decision about something, or to make someone responsible for something -- 讓（某人）決定；允許（某人）選擇；使（某人）對…負責

  • I left the decision (up) to her. 我讓她來決定這件事情。

  • [ + to infinitive ] I left it to her to make the decision. 我讓她來決定這件事情。

  • Leave it (= the problem) with me, I'll see what I can do. 把它交給我吧，我來想辦法處理。

  • I'll leave it to chance (= wait and see what happens without planning). 我不管了，隨它去吧。

• 9 time allowed away from work for a holiday or illness -- 假，假日，假期

  • How much annual/paid leave do you get? 你有多少天年假／帶薪假期？

  • She's (gone) on leave (= holiday). 她去休假了。

  • I've asked if I can take a week's unpaid leave. 我已經問過能不能請一周無薪假期。

• 10 permission or agreement -- 許可，允許，同意

  • He did it without (my) leave. 他未經我同意就做了這件事。

  • [ + to infinitive ] Did you get leave to do that? 做那件事你得到允許了嗎？

• 11 to say goodbye -- 告別，告辭

  • He decided the time had come to take leave of his home town. 他覺得該是告別家鄉的時候了。