| 单词 | let off |
| 释义 | let off 1. phrasal verb B2 If someone in authority lets you off a task or duty, they give you permission not to do it. [mainly British] The theatre management kindly let me off a couple of performances to go to Yorkshire. [V n P n/-ing] In those days they didn't let you off work to go home very often. [V n P n/v-ing] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you let someone off, you give them a lighter punishment than they expect or no punishment at all. The courts should be toughening up on dangerous drivers, not letting them off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] When police realised who he was, they asked for an autograph and let him off with a warning. [V n P prep/adv] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for let If you let off an explosive or a gun, you explode or fire it. A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the Revolution. [VERB PARTICLE noun] |
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