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letting

/let/US // lɛt //UK // (lɛt) //

让,让人,让我们,让我们来看看

Related Words

authorize授权,授权书,授权他人,授权给certify核证,证明,认证,核证一下grant授予,补助金,资助,赠与license许可证,执照,许可,许可证制度give给,给予,赋予,给与warrant权证,手令,担保书,授权书make使,让,使得,使成为sanction制裁,惩处,惩罚,惩戒tolerate忍受,容忍,忍耐,忍受着concede让步,认输,承认,认输吧leave离开,离开这里,离开了,离开时commission佣金,委员会,委会,委托书enable启用,使,使得,让have有,拥有,具有,已permit许可证,允许,许可,准许suffer遭受,受到影响,遭,受到影响的approve批准,核准,认可,通过endorse认可,赞成,认同,审批cause原因,导致,原因是,引起accredit认可,认定,授信,评审

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    let, let·ting.

    • : to allow or permit: to let him escape.
    • : to allow to pass, go, or come: to let us through.
    • : to grant the occupancy or use of for rent or hire.
    • : to contract or assign for performance, usually under a contract: to let work to a carpenter.
    • : to cause to; make: to let one know the truth.
    • : : Let me see. Let us go. Just let them try it!
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    let, let·ting.

    • : to admit of being rented or leased: The apartment lets for $100 per week.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : British. a lease.
  1. 1
    • : let down, to disappoint; fail. to betray; desert. to slacken; abate: We were too near success to let down in our efforts.to allow to descend slowly; lower. Aeronautics. to descend from a higher to a lower altitude preparatory to making an approach and landing or a similar maneuver.
    • : let in, to admit.to involve in without his or her knowledge or permission: to let someone in for a loss.Also let into. to insert into the surface of as a permanent addition: to let a plaque into a wall.Also let in on. to share a secret with; permit to participate in.
    • : let off, to release by exploding.to free from duty or responsibility; excuse.to allow to go with little or no punishment; pardon: The judge let off the youthful offender with a reprimand.
    • : let on, to reveal one's true feelings: She was terrified at the prospect, but didn't let on.to pretend: They let on that they didn't care about not being invited, but I could tell that they were hurt.
    • : let out, to divulge; make known.to release from confinement, restraint, etc.to enlarge.to terminate; be finished; end: When does the university let out for the summer?to make.
    • : let up, to slacken; diminish; abate: This heat wave should let up by the end of the week.to cease; stop: The rain let up for a few hours.
    • : let up on, to treat less severely; be more lenient with: He refused to let up on the boy until his grades improved.

Phrases

  • let alone
  • let be
  • let bygones be bygones
  • let daylight through or into
  • let down
  • let down easy
  • let down one's hair
  • let drop
  • let fly
  • let go
  • let grass grow
  • let in on
  • let it all hang out
  • let it lay
  • let it rip
  • let me see
  • let off
  • let off steam
  • let on
  • let oneself go
  • let one's hair down
  • let out
  • let ride
  • let sleeping dogs lie
  • let slide
  • let slip
  • let someone
  • let someone down
  • let someone have it
  • let the cat out of the bag
  • let the chips fall where they may
  • let the grass grow under one's feet
  • let the side down
  • let up
  • let well enough alone
  • blow (let) off steam
  • give (let) someone have his or her head
  • (let someone) have it
  • live and let live

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbrent out object, property
Synonyms
charter包机,包租,租约,特许经营hire雇用,雇佣,聘请,租用lease租约,租赁,出租,契约sublease转租,分租,转租赁,分租赁sublet转租,分租,转借
verballow
Synonyms
accredit认可,认定,授信,评审approve批准,核准,认可,通过authorize授权,授权书,授权他人,授权给cause原因,导致,原因是,引起certify核证,证明,认证,核证一下commission佣金,委员会,委会,委托书concede让步,认输,承认,认输吧enable启用,使,使得,让endorse认可,赞成,认同,审批give给,给予,赋予,给与grant授予,补助金,资助,赠与have有,拥有,具有,已leave离开,离开这里,离开了,离开时license许可证,执照,许可,许可证制度make使,让,使得,使成为permit许可证,允许,许可,准许sanction制裁,惩处,惩罚,惩戒suffer遭受,受到影响,遭,受到影响的tolerate忍受,容忍,忍耐,忍受着warrant权证,手令,担保书,授权书be big做大,大,很大,庞大free up释放,腾出手来,腾出,腾出时间give leave放假,放行,放假了,放风give okay给予肯定,给予肯定的答复,给出好的give permission准许,许可,允许,允准hear of听说,听到,听到的,听闻live with与,住在,活在,活用sit still for静坐,静坐以待,静坐不动,静坐不动的
Antonyms
contradict驳斥,抵触,违背,违背了deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认disagree不同意,不认同,不赞同,不赞成disallow不允许,不容许,不允许使用,不允许有disapprove不赞成,不赞同,不认可,不同意fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hold持有,举行,保持,持有的invalidate失效,废止,无效,失效的keep保持,保持保持oppose反对,反对派,反对的,反对者prevent防止,预防,阻止,避免refuse拒绝,拒收,拒绝接受,拒不接受reject拒绝,拒绝接受,拒收,驳回repudiate辟谣,否认,推翻,辟邪stop停止,停下来,停,停住veto否决权,否决票,否决,反对票withhold扣留,隐瞒,隐瞒不报,隐匿buy购买,买,采买,买入forbid禁止,严禁,不准,禁止使用hinder阻碍,妨碍,碍,阻碍因素impede阻挡,阻阻,阻挡了,牵制inhibit抑制,阻止,禁止,压制obstruct阻挠,阻挡,阻碍,妨碍sell出售,销售,卖,售卖

Examples

  • Which is impossible unless people talk publicly rather than letting each crime be its own isolated incident.

  • Letting humans use their common sense is not an invitation to anarchy.

  • “Driving on both sides, getting around cars, letting them know I was in a dire emergency,” Johnson says.

  • As you put it, “letting some business owners exercise their conscience would cause no harm to gays.”

  • Rather, it was about exposing my shame, letting it dry out in the sun.

  • It was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.

  • The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.

  • He looked up, half shutting his one funny eye, and cocking one ear up, and letting the other droop down.

  • She had been walking alone with her arms hanging limp, letting her white skirts trail along the dewy path.

  • Val was a fool for letting his town house in the spring but of course we know he is one and must put up with it.

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