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IELTS BNC: 320 COCA: 159

let

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ldoce_729_zlet1 /let/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp let, present participle letting)
1  allow 允許 [transitiveT not in passive] to allow someone to do something 讓，允許 → allow, permit
I can’t come out tonight – my dad won’t let me.
今天晚上我不能出來，我爸爸不允許。
let somebody do something
Let Johnny have a go on the computer now.
現在讓約翰尼來玩玩電腦吧。
Some people seem to let their kids do whatever they like.
一些人似乎允許自己的孩子随心所欲。
Let me have a look at that letter.
我來看看那封信吧。
let somebody have something (=give something to someone) 給某人某物
I can let you have another £10, but no more.
我可以再給你10英鎊，再多就沒有了。
5Don’t say ‘be let to do something’, because let has no passive form. Use the active form, or use be allowed .
不要說 ‘be let to do something’，因爲 let 沒有被動語態。 要用主動語態，或者用 be allowed: They let me leave 他們讓我走。 | I was allowed to leave. 我獲準離開。
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In written English, people often prefer to use allow somebody to do something rather than let somebody do something, as it is slightly more formal: 在書面英語中，人們往往使用allow sb to do sth，而非let sb do sth，因爲前者稍顯正式
We must allow young people to develop independence.
我們必須允許年輕人學會獨當一面。
2  not stop STH happening 不阻止某事發生 [transitiveT]LET/ALLOW to not stop something happening, or to make it possible for it to happen 任由…發生，讓
let somebody/something do something
Jenny let the note fall to the ground.
珍妮任由字條掉落到地上。
Don’t let anyone know it was me who told you.
不要讓别人知道是我告訴你的。
Max let the door swing open.
馬克斯任由門打開。
Let the cookies cool down before you try them.
等曲奇冷一冷再嘗。
let yourself be beaten/persuaded/fooled etc
I stupidly let myself be persuaded to take part in a live debate.
我傻乎乎地被人勸去參加一個現場辯論會。
3  let go HOLD
a) to stop holding something or someone 放手，鬆開
Let go! You’re hurting me.
放開！你把我弄疼了。
let go of
The guard let go of the lead, and the dog lunged forward.
衛兵鬆開繩子，那只狗就猛沖上去。
b) to accept that you cannot change something and stop thinking or worrying about it 放手〔不再思考或擔心〕
Sometimes you just have to learn to let go.
有時候你就得學會放手。
Examples from the Corpus
let go• Cory Selliker, his eyes watering under the brim of his black Earnhardt cap, heard Marchman's advice to let go.• It was as if they were clinging to each other, and they couldn't let go.• Then the turtle was going to tear his arms off, and he let go.• He let go and ducked back into the driving rain.• Just let go and jump.• What was it that he himself would have to let go of before he reached the mountaintop?• At the end of the fair, the school let go of hundreds of balloons.• They let go of the girl and led Hilda behind the partition.• She wouldn't let go of the letter.• So mestizo culture - reluctant to let go of tradition - created its own deity to host the yearly handout.• You have to let go or go mad.• Let go! You're hurting me.
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4  let somebody go 
a) to allow someone to leave a place where they have been kept 釋放某人，放走某人 SYN release
The police had to let him go through lack of evidence.
由於缺乏證據，警方只得放他走。
The hijackers were persuaded to let some hostages go.
劫持者被說服釋放部分人質。
b) to make someone leave their job – used in order to avoid saying this directly 叫某人走人〔解僱某人的委婉說法〕
I’m afraid we had to let several of our staff go.
恐怕我們不得不讓幾名員工走人了。
Examples from the Corpus
let somebody go• Due to a lack of evidence against the suspect, the police had to let the prisoner go.• I just kept praying that the man would let me go.• The police let her go after a night in jail.• We've had to let three people go this month.
 SPOKEN PHRASES
11  let yourself go 
a) to relax completely and enjoy yourself 放鬆自己，放縱自己
For goodness sake, Peter, why don’t you just let yourself go for once?
看在老天爺的份上，彼得，你爲什麽就不能讓自己放鬆一回呢？
b) to stop looking after yourself properly, for example by not caring about your appearance 不修邊幅，不注意外表
Poor Dad. He’s really let himself go since Mum died.
可憐的爸爸，自從媽媽過世以後他就不修邊幅了。
Examples from the Corpus
let yourself go• That left plenty of room for those wanting to let themselves go.• He's quite scholarly, but he can be really funny when he lets himself go.• If they are kind, if they care about you, they may want to know why you are letting yourself go.• One thing you could say for my daughter, she never let herself go.• People may be unusually observant and tell you that you are letting yourself go.• Perhaps Moira and Martin had almost lost each other because they were afraid to let themselves go.• Dick took me to the party and, for once, I let myself go completely.• She'd let herself go, last night - but she was none the worse for it, was she?• You can come up and let yourself go - shout about and that and muck about.• She's really let herself go since she had the baby.• I merely let myself go to impulse.
12  let something go 
a) to not punish or criticize someone for something they have done wrong 不計較某事
OK, I’ll let it go this time.
好了，這一回就算了。
b) to stop worrying or thinking too much about something 放開某事
It’s time to let the past go.
該忘掉過去了。
c) informal to sell something for a particular amount 〔以某價錢〕賣掉某物
let something go for £20/$200 etc
I couldn’t let it go for less than £300.
少於300英鎊我是不會賣的。
Examples from the Corpus
let something go• I've nowhere to store all this china, so I'm letting the whole lot go for $50.• They've held the world record for many years, and they're not going to let it go without a fight.
13  wish 願望 [transitiveT not in passive]LET/ALLOW used to say that you wish or hope that something happens, or does not happen 讓〔用來表達願望〕
(not) let somebody/something do something
Don’t let him be the one who died, she prayed.
但願死的不是他，她祈禱道。
14  let alone IMPOSSIBLEused after a negative statement to say that the next thing you mention is even more unlikely 更不用說，更談不上〔用於否定句之後〕
The baby can’t even sit up yet, let alone walk!
這個寶寶連坐都不會，更不用說走了！
Examples from the Corpus
let alone• Hardly an inspirational notion, let alone a formula for improved customer relations.• It's unwise to let policy be influenced, let alone jeopardized, by outraged personal pride.• If your income drops or ends, how will you pay them off, let alone keep up with the accumulating interest?• I doubt he would have given one of his grandparents a point that morning, let alone me.• I wouldn't work with my mom, let alone my whole family.• Many thousands of children had never even seen, let alone owned a pair of shoes.• It's disappointing that Butman doesn't ask these questions, let alone provide answers.• Keeper Judge never touched him let alone trip him.• But these images were not arbitrary, let alone trivial.
15  let something drop/rest/lie to stop talking about or trying to deal with something 停止談論某事；不去管某事
It seems the press are not going to let the matter rest.
看來媒體是不會對此事罷休的。
16  let slip to accidentally tell someone something that should have been kept secret 洩露〔秘密〕
let slip that
Liz let slip that she’d seen him quite recently.
利茲說漏了嘴，說她不久前見過他。
Examples from the Corpus
let slip• The chance to convert a proposal long mooted into reality was too precious to let slip.• It was true that Miss Devenish let slip a good deal of fragmentary information about Tolby.• He had let slip he was married.• I happened to let slip how much James gave me for it.• Not a word had Dooley let slip, not even a hint.• On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you.• Even if he did not allow himself to betray his secret directly he might let slip something that would provide a clue.• Alex let slip that he had spoken to Julie on the phone and knew where she was.• He inadvertently let slip the name of their new product.• From there on, they never let slip their icy grip on the game.
17  rent 出租 [transitiveT] especially British EnglishBrELEND to charge someone an amount of money for the use of a room or building 出租 SYN lease, → hire, rent
Interhome has over 20,000 houses to let across Europe.
網上居公司在歐洲各地有兩萬多幢房屋出租。
let something to somebody
I’ve let my spare room to a student.
我把空餘的一間房租給了一個學生。
let somebody something
Would you consider letting me the garage for a few months?
你能考慮一下把車庫租給我用幾個月嗎？
let something out to somebody
We let the smaller studios out to local artists.
我們把較小的工作室租給了當地的藝術家。
To Let written (=written on a sign outside a building to show that it is available for renting) 〔空屋〕招租
18  MATHEMATICS 數學let something be/equal/represent something technical used in mathematics to mean that you give something a particular measurement or value in order to make a calculation 假設某物爲/等於/代表某物
Let angle A equal the sum of the two opposite sides.
設角A爲兩對角之和。
Examples from the Corpus
let something be/equal/represent something• Let c equal 6.
19  let yourself in for something informalPROBLEM to do something that will cause you a lot of trouble 給自己招來〔麻煩〕
I don’t think Carol realizes what she’s letting herself in for.
我想卡蘿爾還沒有意識到她在給自己招來的麻煩。
Examples from the Corpus
let yourself in for something• He was probably right, but I wondered what we were letting ourselves in for.• I took his point and wondered what I had let myself in for.• It is important that people are aware what they are letting themselves in for.• Thistle's early season promise has evaporated, and debutant Julian Broddle must be wondering what he's let himself in for.• What exactly was I letting myself in for?• What have I let myself in for?• We must know what we are letting ourselves in for, theoretically, when we use such measures.• Property: Don't let yourself in for trouble Choosing the right agent is essential if you want to rent your property.
20  never let a day/week/year etc go by without doing something REGULARused to say that someone does a particular thing very regularly 沒有一天/一個星期/一年等不做某事
They never seem to let a year go by without introducing a new version of their software.
他們好像每年都會推出他們這種軟件的新版本。
21. let the good times roll informal used to say that it is time for people to start having fun 讓好時光飛轉起來吧，大家開始玩起來吧
22. let somebody have it informal to attack someone 襲擊某人
Examples from the Corpus
let somebody have it• As for the Cub players they came out on the steps of their dugout and really let me have it.• He says that you just let them have it!• Instead of saying no, they let the kids have it.• They suggested she borrow the money until such time as they could let her have it.• We should have let them have it.• Netscape hooked millions of web surfers on Navigator by letting them have it for free.• Mrs. Kramer really let him have it for spilling the paint.• Do report recurring faults to the developers; that's why they let you have it free.• I let him have it to get rid of him.
→ let fly (something) at fly1(17), → let it all hang out at hang out, → live and let live at live1(21), → let it/her rip at rip1(6), → let rip at rip1(5)
5 FREQUENCY 使用頻率
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
let• Under no circumstances, however, should the Dole campaign let Buchanan speak during prime time at the Republican Convention.• I know he's grown up now, but it's hard for me to let go.• Sue doesn't let her kids eat candy.• They are the reason he asked Mobil to let him build a bigger store.• Let him come home safely, she prayed.• It'll drive you crazy if you let it.• My parents didn't want to let me go, but I begged them and promised to come back very quickly.• Because if you drive... hold on, let me just check some-thing.• Thanks for letting me spend the night at your place.• I want to go to Europe this summer, but my parents won't let me.• But let no one doubt that this earthquake will happen.• Away from her, he must feel like a boy let out of school.• The company owns about 170 cottages in Britain, which it lets out to tourists.• Nellie's house had a 'To Let' sign in the window.• You'd better let the dog out.• 200,00 sq ft of land was let to a local firm.• So let us look at what factors appear to affect the performance of individuals in their jobs.• We wanted to go camping, but our parents wouldn't let us.• If hungry he'd gnaw your ankle just to let you know to fill his bowl.
let somebody do something• His wife won't let him watch football on TV.• Let me show you how to do it.
let yourself be beaten/persuaded/fooled etc• All the nurses in Illinois submit passively, like the early Christians, and let themselves be beaten.• Perhaps unconsciously I willingly let myself be fooled, just in order to please him and keep our relationship going.• Even I had let myself be persuaded of this dream.• I let myself be persuaded to take part in a television programme about books.
Let’s not• Let's not talk about work tonight.
let something out to somebody• With small, isolated follies and temples, one solution is to let them out to artists.• With some one watching him all the time except when one of Them let the other out to fetch the papers.• I went, but my friend wouldn't speak to me, let alone come out to keep me company.• Early most mornings, they let Kibbles out to run.• The Count just let you out to torment me, but I've always known you were there.
let2 noun
1  [countableC] British EnglishBrE an arrangement in which a house or flat is rented to someone 出租，租借
An agency is managing the let.
一個中介正在安排租借事務。
a long-term let
長期出租
2. without let or hindrance lawSCL happening freely without being prevented in any way 毫無障礙地
Examples from the Corpus
without let or hindrance• It should flow easily, though not too swiftly, through the manholes, without let or hindrance.• The willingness to thin the office staff without let or hindrance.• Truth, however tawdry or trivial, may be told without let or hindrance from libel laws.• Instead of the passport opening frontiers to the traveller without let or hindrance, it has become the means of international surveillance.
Examples from the Corpus
let• This would justify the fact that to is not used with this sense of let.
-let /lɪt/ suffix [in nouns]
1 XXa small kind of something 小
a booklet
小冊子
a piglet
小豬
Examples from the Corpus
-let• an anklet
From Longman Business Dictionary
letlet /let/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp let, present participle letting) [transitiveT] British EnglishBrEPROPERTY
(also let out) to allow someone to use a room or building in return for rent
let something to somebody
She let the studio to artists.
There are numerous offices to let (=available to be rented) in the town.
Once the tourist season begins, we should be able to let out the rest of our properties.
—let noun [countableC]
Stein employed a landlord to manage the Browning Street let.
→ compare lease1, rent1
Origin let
Old English lætan
 -let
Old French -elet, from -el “small” (from Latin -ellus) + -et

See also: let's

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IELTS BNC: 320 COCA: 159
IELTS BNC: 320 COCA: 159
let verb
⇨ allow (Let me drive.) ⇨ let sb go ⇨ fire (let 100 employees go) ⇨ let (sb/sth) go ⇨ free 1 ⇨ let sb go ⇨ release (Let me go! You're hurting me!) ⇨ let sb/sth loose ⇨ release
IELTS BNC: 320 COCA: 159

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