
let基本信息
读法:英 [let] 美 [lɛt]
释义:
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星级词汇:★★★★★
英英释义
Noun:
"This sealed door won"t allow the water come into the basement"
"This will permit the rain to run off"
"I won"t let the police search her basement"
"I cannot allow you to see your exam"
"This let me in for a big surprise"
"He got a girl into trouble"
中英词源
let 让,出租
来自PIE*le,松开,松手,容许,词源同late,lenient,lassitude.WWw.WentiYI.cOm
- 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.
=> late - 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.
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;
权威造句
- 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”)
来自《用法词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些动词均含“让、允许”之意。allow普通用词,侧重听任、默许或不加阻止。在正式场合可用来表客气的请求。
let常用词,用于各种非正式场合,语气最弱,指允许或无力阻止某事,暗示漠不关心或听之任之。
permit正式用词,在多数场合可与allow换用,语义最强,指准许某人做某事,含权威或正式的意味。
leave侧重不加干涉。
authorize语气最强,指权威性的允许与认可。 这些动词均含“租,租用”之意。
hire多指短期租用。在英国一般指租用车、船。
lease指按照租约租出或租用房屋、土地或其它不动产。
rent在英国指较长时间租出或租入房屋、商店或土地;而在美国指长时间或短时期租用各种资产以及日用东西。
let尤指出租房屋或地产等。
charter指承租大型运输工具,如飞机、轮船、大客车以及火车等。
记忆方法
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