let

英式音标：let怎么读

美式音标：let怎么读

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近义词： contract,out,grant,admit,permit,charter,leave,rent,allow,hire,consent

let词义

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vt. 允许，让；出租；假设；妨碍vi. 出租；被承包n. 障碍；出租屋n. (Let)人名；(缅)莱；(俄)莱特

词态变化

第三人称单数: lets;过去式: let;过去分词: let;现在分词: letting;

中文词源

let 让，出租

来自PIE*le,松开，松手，容许，词源同late,lenient,lassitude.

let双语例句

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1. She said her future husband would not let her make another film.: 她说她的未婚夫不会让她再拍电影了. (此句用wouldnot let, 意思是“阻止”)

2. Well, at any rate, let me thank you for all you did.: 好吧，不管怎样，还是要感谢你所做的一切。

3. I let the horse drop his head to crop the spring grass.: 我让马低下头啃吃春天的青草。

4. If they value these data, let them pay for them.: 他们要是看重这些数据，就让他们出钱买。

5. He's pissed. Let's get out of his way before he starts spewing.: 他很恼火。趁他还没有发作，我们赶快离他远点儿。

let英文词源

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let: let: [OE] English has two distinct verbs let, of diametrically opposite meaning, but they are probably ultimately related. The one meaning ‘allow’ goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *lǣt- (source also of German lassen and Dutch laten) which, like the related late, is connected with a range of words denoting ‘slowness’ or ‘weariness’. It therefore appears that the underlying etymological meaning of let is ‘let go of something because one is too tired to hold on to it’.

By the time the verb reached Old English this had developed to ‘leave behind’ and ‘omit to do’, senses now defunct, as well as to ‘allow’. A close relative of the base *lǣt- was *lat-, direct ancestor of English late. From this was formed the Germanic verb *latjan, which gave English its other verb let, meaning ‘prevent’, now largely obsolete except as a noun, in the phrase without let or hindrance or as a tennis term.
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let (v.): Old English lætan "to allow to remain; let go, leave, depart from; leave undone; to allow; bequeath," also "to rent" (class VII strong verb; past tense let, past participle læten), from Proto-Germanic *letan (cognates: Old Saxon latan, Old Frisian leta, Dutch laten, German lassen, Gothic letan "to leave, let"), from PIE *le- (2) "to let go, slacken" (cognates: Latin lassus "faint, weary," Lithuanian leisti "to let, to let loose;" see lenient). If that derivation is correct, the primary sense would be "let go through weariness, neglect."

Of blood, from late Old English. To let (something) slip originally (1520s) was a reference to hounds on a leash; figurative use from 1540s. To let (someone) off "allow to go unpunished" is from 1814. To let on "reveal, divulge" is from 1725; to let up "cease, stop" is from 1787. Let alone "not to mention" is from 1812.
let (n.): "stoppage, obstruction" (obsolete unless in legal contracts), late 12c., from archaic verb letten "to hinder," from Old English lettan "hinder, delay," from Proto-Germanic *latjan (cognates: Old Saxon lettian "to hinder," Old Norse letja "to hold back," Old High German lezzen "to stop, check," Gothic latjan "to hinder, make late," Old English læt "sluggish, slow, late"); see late.

let实用场景例句

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People said we were interfering with nature, and that we should just let the animals die...: 人们说我们是在干涉自然界，还说我们应该任由动物死去。

Thorne let him talk...: 索恩让他畅所欲言。

I love sweets but Mum doesn't let me have them very often...: 我爱吃糖，可妈妈不让我常吃。

The Americans won't let her leave the country...: 美国人不允许她出境。

I had to get up at seven o'clock this morning to let them into the building because they had lost their keys...: 今天早上我不得不7点钟就起床开门让他们进楼，因为他们把钥匙弄丢了。

I let myself into the flat...: 我自己开门进了公寓。

Let me say it again. I despised Wade's life...: 我再说一遍。我厌恶韦德的生活方式。

Let me tell you what I saw last night...: 我来告诉你我昨晚见到了什么。

Let me take your coat...: 我来帮您拿外套。

Let me get you something to drink.: 我给你拿杯喝的来。

Let's consider ways of making it easier...: 咱们来想想办法把它变得更容易些吧。

Let us look at these views in more detail.: 我们来具体研究一下这些观点。

I'm bored. Let's go home...: 我觉得好无聊。我们回家吧。

'Shall we go in and have some supper?' — 'Yes, let's.': “我们要不要进去吃点晚饭？”——“好啊，走吧。”

Let's have some hush, please...: 请大家安静一下。

'Let us pray,' said the Methodist chaplain.: “我们来祈祷吧，”那个循道宗牧师说。

Now, let's see. Where did I leave my bag?...: 嗯，我想想。我把包放哪儿了？

'How long you been living together then?' — 'Erm, let me think. It's about four years now.': “那你们住在一起有多久了？”——“呃，我想想。到现在差不多4年了。”

If he wants to do that, let him do it...: 他要做，就让他做好了。

Let them talk about me; I'll be dead, anyway...: 随他们怎么说我吧；我反正是要死的。

Let him get his own cup of tea...: 自己的茶让他自己端。

If they value these data, let them pay for them.: 他们要是看重这些数据，就让他们出钱买。

Please God, let him telephone me.: 上帝啊，求你让他打电话给我吧。

Let x equal 5 and y equal 3...: 设x等于5，y等于3。

The new man in my life (let's call him Dave) had a very jealous ex-girlfriend.: 我生命中这个新男人（就叫他戴夫吧），他的前女友是个醋坛子。

She is thinking of letting her house to an American serviceman...: 她正考虑把房子租给一个美国军人。

The reasons for letting a house, or part of one, are varied.: 把整套房子或其中一部分租出去，其原因是多种多样的。

It is incredible that the 12-year-old managed to even reach the pedals, let alone drive the car.: 12岁的孩子能踩到踏板已经是不可思议，就更不用说开车了。

If your child is really sick and needs sleep and quiet, let him be.: 如果孩子真的病了，需要睡眠和静养的话，就不要去打扰他。

She let go of Mona's hand and took a sip of her drink...: 她放开莫娜的手，抿了一口饮料。

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