let是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to allow something to happen or someone to do something by not doing anything to stop an action or by giving your permission -- 讓；允許；准許

  • She wanted to go but her parents wouldn't let her. 她想走，但父母不讓。

  • He decided to let his hair grow long. 他決定把頭髮留起來。

  • Let your shoes dry completely before putting them on. 讓鞋子乾透以後再穿。

  • I'm letting you stay up late, just this once. 我允許你開夜車，但僅此一次。

  • Don't let it worry you. 不要讓它惹你心煩。

  • If he needs money, let him (= he should) earn it! 如果他需要錢，就讓他去賺吧！

  • Let it rain - it won't spoil our afternoon. 隨它下吧——下雨不會影響我們下午的活動。

  • Oh, please let him get the job! 噢，讓他得到那份工作吧！

• 1 used to express a suggestion or request that includes you and the other person or people -- （表示建議或請求）讓我們

  • Let's go out to dinner. 我們出去吃晚飯吧。

  • Let us consider all the possibilities. 讓我們來考慮一下各種可能性吧。

  • Let's not (UK also don't let's) argue. 我們別爭了。

• 2 to allow your house or land to be lived in or used by someone else in exchange for a regular payment -- 租出去，出租

  • They are letting their house (out) for the summer. 他們準備夏天把房子租出去。

  • He's let his flat to a young couple. 他把公寓房租給了一對年輕夫婦。

  • She has a room to let in her house. 她的房子裡有一個房間要出租。

• 3 used after a negative statement to emphasize how unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened -- （用於否定句後表示強調）當然不會，更不用說

  • Some people never even read a newspaper, let alone a book. 有些人從不看報紙，更不用說讀書了。

• 4 (in tennis or similar games) a situation in which the ball touches the net as it crosses it, so that you have to play the point again -- （網球等運動專案的）發球擦網，發球觸網

• 5 without being prevented from doing something -- 無障礙地，自由地

  • People will be able to travel from country to country without let or hindrance. 人們將能夠不受任何限制地在各國之間自由往來。

• 6 the act of allowing someone to use your house, land, etc. in exchange for regular payments -- 出租，租賃

  • a five-year let on a flat 為期五年的公寓租賃

• 7 small, not very important -- 小的；不很重要的

  • piglet 小豬