let¹

vt.

（通常不用被動式）允許，讓[O3]
She would not let the child do it.
她不會讓孩子做這事的。
（用於祈使句，表示建議，請求，命令等）讓[O3]
Let us go.
我們走吧。
出租，租給[O1][（+to）][（+out）]
Mrs. White let me a room.
懷特太太租給我一間房間。
（用於祈使句）假設；即使[O3]
Let the two lines be parallel.
假設這兩條線平行。
使流出；讓……進入
Doctors used to let blood from people to lessen a fever.
過去醫生以放血來降低輕熱度。

vi.

出租
That apartment lets for $500 a month.
那公寓房子以每月五百美元出租。
被承包

n.[C]

【英】出租
【英】出租的房屋

片語

let down

使失望
Don't worry. I'll never let you down.
別擔心。我絕不會讓你失望的。

let in

讓……進來
Please open the window and let in some fresh air.
請打開窗透透新鮮空氣。

let off

寬恕
I'll let you off this time, but never again.
這次我寬恕你，但以後不再寬恕了。

let on

洩露祕密
Don't let on to her.
別向她洩露祕密。

let out

洩露
Don't let out the plan to the press.
別把這計劃洩露給新聞界。

辨析

同義:

vt.容許；許可；讓

allow permit leave consent grant admit

n.出租；合約

rent lease charter contract hire out

let²

n.

（網球等的）球觸網重發[C]
【古】障礙，妨礙[U]

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

let¹

v.

(lets, letting; past and past part. let)

not prevent or forbid; allow.
used in the imperative to express an intention, proposal, or instruction:
let's have a drink.
used to express an assumption upon which a theory or calculation is to be based:
let A and B stand for X and Y.
chiefly Brit. allow someone to use (a room or property) in return for payment.
award (a contract) to an applicant.

n.

Brit. a period during which a room or property is rented:

a short let.

Phrase

let alone
not to mention.
let someone/thing be
stop interfering with someone or something.
let something fall
Geometry draw a perpendicular from an outside point to a line.
let fly
attack.
let oneself go
1. act in an uninhibited way.
2. become careless or untidy in one's habits or appearance.
let someone/thing go
1. allow someone or something to go free.
2. euphemistic dismiss an employee.
3. (also let go or let go of) relinquish one's grip on someone or something.
let someone have it
informal attack someone.
to let
available for rent.

Phrase verbal

let down
(of an aircraft) descend prior to making a landing.
let someone down
fail to support or help someone.
▸ (let someone/thing down) have a detrimental effect on someone or something.
let oneself in for
informal involve oneself in (something difficult or unpleasant).
let someone in on/into
allow someone to know (something secret).
let something into
set something back into (a surface).
let someone off
1. refrain from punishing someone.
2. excuse someone from a task or obligation.
let something off
cause a gun, firework, or bomb to fire or explode.
let on
informal
1. divulge information.
2. pretend.
let someone out
release someone from obligation or suspicion.
let something out
1. utter a sound or cry.
2. make a garment looser or larger.
3. reveal information.
let up
informal become less intense.
▸relax one's efforts.

Derivative

letting n.

Etymology

OE lætan ‘leave behind, leave out’, of Gmc origin; rel. to late.

let²

n.

(in racket sports) a circumstance under which a service is nullified and has to be retaken, especially (in tennis) when the ball clips the top of the net and falls within bounds.

v.

(lets, letting; past and past part. letted or let)

archaic hinder.

Phrase

play a let
(in racket sports) play a point again because the ball or one of the players has been obstructed.
without let or hindrance
formal without obstruction; freely.

Etymology

OE lettan ‘hinder’, of Gmc origin; rel. to late.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》

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