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let up

/let-uhp/US // ˈlɛtˌʌp //

放过,放弃,放弃吧,放宽

Related Words

respite喘息,休养生息,暂休,喘息之机lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡slackening松弛,松懈,弛缓的,弛缓recess小憩,休会,休会期间,小息remission减免,缓解,缓刑,减轻lapse失误,失效,误时,过失interval间隔,间隙,间歇期,间隔时间lessening减轻,减弱,减缓,减少break突破,休息,断裂,断abatement消减,减排,减免,减轻cessation戒断,戒烟,停止,戒酒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : cessation; pause; relief.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbpause
Synonyms
abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻cease停止,停止执行,终止,停止使用decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌die down消亡,衰亡,熄灭,灭亡die out灭亡,消亡,熄灭,灭顶之灾diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱ease缓解,减轻,舒适度,舒适ease off纾解,纾缓,缓和,缓解ease up缓和,和缓,纾解,缓和气氛ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的release释放,发布,发行,发布会relent勉强,不舍得,勉强接受,手软slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的slow down减缓,慢下来,减慢,减慢速度stop停止,停下来,停,停住subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱

Examples

  • He killed two birds at one shot— Sakali me-letup mati-lah dua ekor burong.

  • So the afternoon wore on without letup—and also without any signs of progress in their moving.

  • There is no letup until the bright sun drives vice blinking and blinded back into its holes.

  • Then continue to stir in the same direction without an instant's letup, for maybe ten minutes or more, until the Rabbit is smooth.

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