| 词汇 | let-up |
| 释义 | let upphrasal verb with letverbuk /let/ us /let/present participleletting | past tense and past participlelet informal (IMPROVE)If bad weather or an unpleasant situation lets up, it stops or improves: 改善，好转;停止 When the rain lets up we'll go for a walk.等雨一停我们就出去散步。 Coming to an end closure cloture come off come to a full stopidiom come to a headidiom end finish line finish up finishing line fizzle fizzle out go out (of) the windowidiom head let road run sunset taper taper off wind something up (STOP)to stop doing something that you have been doing continuously or in a determined way: 停止，终止 Neil spent the entire evening moaning about his job - he just wouldn't let up.尼尔一整晚都在抱怨他的工作——说起来没完没了。 The police insist that they are not letting up on their campaign against drugs.警方坚称不会停止打击毒品犯罪的行动。 Stop having or doing something abdicate abdication bandh bomb bomb out break with something butt forfeit forfeitable forgo forsake forswear give up the ghostidiom lay self-denying self-denyingly self-renouncing self-renunciation self-sacrifice throw let-up noun[ Cusually singular ] informaluk /ˈlet.ʌp/ us /ˈlet̬.ʌp/ a pause or reduction in something, usually something bad: 减弱力量；减少强度 The airline authorities are not expecting a let-up in delays (= are not expecting delays to stop) for the rest of the summer.航空公司方面预计今年夏季航班延误的情况依然会出现。 Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction dwindle dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off halve reduce reducible reduction resize retreat trough tumble You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming better let up | American Dictionarylet upphrasal verb with letverb[ T ]us/let/ (esp. of something unpleasant) to become less strong or stop: When the rain lets up we’ll go for a walk. Examples of let uplet up The time scale involved-a year or so of rigorous dieting without let-up-makes failure virtually certain. There was no let-up in the violence. He was asked why there could not be a let-up in the flow of initiatives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is at present no let-up in this, and there will be none. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When one becomes a judge, one must apply one's mind with no let-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The amendment proposes a small let-up for people who seek only easement to be able to get the dogs out of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although the campaign is going well, there must be no let-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The campaign is relentless; there will be no let-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This means there can be no let-up in the railways companies' efforts as they look to the future. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Everybody has got to be prepared for instant action, and consequently there is this constant feeling of strain with no let-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be no let-up in the fight against under-age problem drinking and the misery that it causes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are getting a little anxious about these repeated requests to produce more and to work harder without any encouragement of a let-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been no let-up since the agreement, but the prisoners are coming out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is little sign that there will be any let-up in 1991. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can be no question of let-up or easement until economic viability and independence are firmly assured. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of let up These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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