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词汇 let
释义 let
verb
uk /let/ us /let/present participleletting | past tense and past participlelet

letverb (ALLOW)


B1[ T+ infinitive without to ]
to allow something to happen or someone to do something by not doing anything to stop an action or by giving your permission: 让;允许;准许
She wanted to go but her parents wouldn't let her.她想走,但父母不让。
He decided to let his hair grow long.他决定把头发留起来。
Let your shoes dry completely before putting them on.让鞋子干透以后再穿。
I'm letting you stay up late, just this once.我允许你熬夜,但仅此一次。
Don't let it worry you.不要让它惹你心烦。
If he needs money, let him (= he should) earn it!如果他需要钱,就让他去挣吧!
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to allow someone to do something
allowAm I allowed to go to the park?
letShe wanted to go but her parents wouldn't let her.
permitSmoking is not permitted in any part of the building.
have your permissionYou have my permission to stay out past midnight on Friday.
authorizeWho authorized this expenditure?
give something the go-aheadThe government has given the go-ahead for a multi-billion pound road-building project.
[ T+ obj + infinitive without to , not in past tenses ]
used to show that you accept what is going to happen, although you do not like it: 任由
Let it rain - it won't spoil our afternoon.随它下吧——下雨不会影响我们下午的活动。
[ T+ obj + infinitive without to , not in past tenses ]
used to say that you wish something to happen very much: (表示非常希望)让…发生
Oh, please let him get the job!噢,让他得到那份工作吧!
They agreed to let us live there rent-free.他们同意我们不交租金住在那儿。
It isn't hygienic to let the cat sit on the dining table.
We were asked to show some identification before the security guards would let us in.保安要我们出示身份证明才让我们进去。
The dog's scratching at the door - shall I let him in?
Kyle's mum lets him stay up late on the weekends.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Allowing and permitting
admission
admit
admit of something
allow of something
allowable
authorization
authorize
consent
entrance
excuse
give the green light to somethingidiom
given the chance/choiceidiom
green-light
hall pass
hospital admission
relicense
relicensure
say-so
security clearance
see your way (clear) to doing somethingidiom

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Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
Hoping and hopefulness

letverb (SUGGEST)


 let's(also formallet us)
A2
used to express a suggestion or request that includes you and the other person or people: (表示建议或请求)让我们
Let's go out to dinner.我们出去吃晚饭吧。

letverb (RENT)


[ T ]mainly UK(US usuallyrent)
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.他们准备夏天把房子租出去。
He's let his flat to a young couple.他把公寓房租给了一对年轻夫妇。
She has a room to let in her house.她的房子里有一个房间要出租。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Mortgages & real estate
blockbusting
brick
BTL
buy-to-let
chain
endowment mortgage
equity
landlady
letting
mortgagee
planning blight
real estate developer
real estate office
Realtor
realty
realty office
refinance
remortgage
repossess
vacancy

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Renting property

Grammar



Allow, permit or let?
Allow, permit and let are verbs that all have a similar meaning: ‘give permission or make it possible for somebody to do or have something’. …

Permit/allow someone + to do something
We use a direct object + to-infinitive after permit and allow: …

Let someone + do something
We use an infinitive without to after let: …

Passive with permit and allow
We often use the passive with permit and allow. Permit is often used for official public notices: …

Let, let’s
We use let to talk about permission. Let is followed by an object and an infinitive without to: …

Let: permission
We use let to talk about permission. Let is followed by an object and an infinitive without to: …

Let’s, let: suggestions, offers, imperatives
Let us is the first person plural imperative, which we only use in very formal situations. Let’s is the short form, which we often use to make suggestions which include ourselves: …

Let meaning ‘rent’
We use let with a direct object meaning ‘rent something to someone’: …

Imperatives with let (let’s)
We use let to form first person and third person imperatives. …

Negative imperative of let’s
We often use the phrase let’s not: …

Idioms


let someone be
let go
let someone go
let something go/pass
let yourself go
let your hair down
let someone have it
let someone in on a secret
let someone know
let something slip
More idioms

let something go
let it all hang out
let it be known
let it lie
let rip/fly
let the side down
let's face it
let's see

Phrasal verbs


let someone down
let something down
let someone/something in
let yourself in for something
let someone in on something
let something into something
let someone off
let something off
let on
let someone/something out
More phrasal verbs

let something out
let out
let up
let
adverb
uk /let/ us /let/
 let alone
C1
used after a negative statement to emphasize how unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened: (用于否定句后表示强调)当然不会,更不用说
Some people never even read a newspaper, let alone a book.有些人从不看报纸,更不用说读书了。
let
noun
uk /let/ us /let/

letnoun (SPORT)


[ C ] sports
(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(网球等运动项目的)发球擦网,发球触网
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Tennis & racket sports
ace
alley
approach shot
backcourt
ball boy
ball girl
chip
forecourt
forehand
knock up
mixed doubles
outhit
paddleball
padel
passing shot
pelota
seed
shuttlecock
string
tramlines

letnoun (LAW)


 without let or hindrancelaw UKspecialized
without being prevented from doing something: 无障碍地,自由地
People will be able to travel from country to country without let or hindrance.人们将能够不受任何限制地在各国之间自由往来。

letnoun (RENT)


[ C ]UK
the act of allowing someone to use your house, land, etc. in exchange for regular payments: 出租,租赁
a five-year let on a flat为期5年的公寓租赁
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Mortgages & real estate
blockbusting
brick
BTL
buy-to-let
chain
endowment mortgage
equity
landlady
letting
mortgagee
planning blight
real estate developer
real estate office
Realtor
realty
realty office
refinance
remortgage
repossess
vacancy

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Renting property
-let
suffix
uk / -lət/ us / -lət/
small, not very important: 小的;不很重要的
piglet小猪
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Small
baby
bijou
bite-sized
claustrophobically
compactly
dwarf
elfin
midget
miniaturized
missy
modestly
no/not enough room to swing a catidiom
on the large, small, etc. sideidiom
S, s
sampler
scaled-down
scrubby
shoe box
shrunken
wee

Grammar



Diminutives (-let, -y and mini-)
A diminutive creates a meaning of ‘small’ or ‘little’. The most common diminutives are formed with the prefix mini- and with suffixes such as -let and -y. We often use a diminutive with names or with abbreviated names when we want to be more informal, or to express affection for someone or something: …

let | American Dictionary


let
verb[ T ]
us/let/

letverb[T] (ALLOW)


present participle-tt- | past tense and past participlelet
to allow something to happen or someone to do something by giving permission or by not doing anything to stop it from happening:
Fraya’s parents let her go to the movie.
He decided to let his hair grow long.
She opened the door and let me in (= allowed me to enter).
After questioning him for six hours, the police finally let him go (= released him).

letverb[T] (CAUSE)


present participleletting | past tense and past participlelet
to cause something to happen or to be in a particular condition, or to cause someone to understand something:
He let the pool empty.
Let me know if you need help.
He let out a shout (= He shouted).

letverb[T] (SUGGEST)


 let usfml
let us I suggest that we:
For the sake of argument, let us assume that Rochelle is right.
After visiting the gift shop, let us proceed into Graceland itself.

Idioms


let alone do something
let someone/something alone
let something be known
let go
let someone go
let yourself go
let go (of something/someone)
let someone have it
let nature take its course
let off steam
More idioms

let something/someone slide
let’s face it
let’s see

Phrasal verbs


let someone in on something
let down someone
let off someone
let on
let out
let out something
let up
let up on someone/something

let | Business English


let
verb[ T ]
uk /let/usletting | let | let
to allow something to happen, or to allow someone to do something, by giving your permission or by not doing anything to stop an action:
We do not let our staff use social networking sites at work.
They had let the office accommodation become rundown and shabby.
UK(USrent)
to allow your house or land to be lived in or used by someone else in exchange for a regular payment:
let sth (out) to sbThey are letting their house out for the summer.
He's let his flat to a young couple.
The Technology Park has office accommodation and business units to let.
let on sthThe property is let on a 10-year lease.
The holiday apartments are let on a weekly basis.
 let sb go
HR informal
to make someone leave their job:
Sales are down considerably and we've had to let some staff go.
I've only been let go twice in my career.
let
noun[ C ]
UKuk /let/us
the act of allowing someone to use your house, land, etc. in exchange for regular payments:
let on stha five-year let on a flat
short-term/long-term letWe've taken the studios on a short-term let.
 without let or hindrance
LAW
without being prevented from doing something:
People will be able to travel from country to country without let or hindrance.

Examples of let


let
Let us now link the transfer matrix with our mutation-selection model.
Let us recall the definitions of minimality and ergodicity of a foliation.
He was never going to find peace for letting them threaten him into it.
Let us illustrate the previous propagations by a simple example.
Let v be a line vector of ones.
Let be the distance between the two sets.
Let be a basic desire formula and let be a trajectory.
Let l1 be the pre-description to the if-then-else.
Let be x a formula which can possibly contain free variables.
Let the query be of the form :- p(u) with u being of type nat.
Let us show that almrecurrence can be efficiently decided.
Let her at least not be a kept mistress.
His approach to psychopathology was sceptical and philosophical; and he never created his own school of psychiatric, let alone psychopathological, teaching.
Let us assume for the moment that such simulations are possible physically and follow the implications.
Accepting the purely syntactic part of this extremely simple analysis, let us consider the semantics of the sentence.
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