英语词汇“to let rest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. to let (something) rest: to pursue or prosecute (a matter) no further; cf. sense 3d.

ΚΠ

?a1534 [see sense 3d].

1568 E. Dering Sparing Restraint ii. 190 Sure it is, he could not fall on him, when he was couered with moulde, and sith the matter is no weightier, let it rest for me.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 121 Nay, let it [sc. the quarrel] rest where it began at first.

1696 W. Nicolson Eng. Hist. Libr. 95 There I am willing to let the matter rest.

1769 I. Bickerstaff Hypocrite ii. v. 34 Abate of your authority, and let the matter rest a while.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xli. 196 I think we had better let the matter rest till further experiments are made.

1842 T. Young Narr. Resid. Mosquito Shore iii. 33 It is a custom to let their quarrels rest until they get inflamed by their filthy mushla.

1895 Argosy Sept. 508/2 Ralph pleaded on the other, alleging that it was not just to the Kentuckian to let the matter rest as it was.

1951 S. H. Bell December Bride ii. xviii. 212 Let the thing rest, for the mair ye tramp in dung, the mair ye spread it around.

2004 D. Freeman It's all True x. 193 Why couldn't he just let it rest?

单词	to let rest
释义	> as lemmas to let (something) rest P4. to let (something) rest: to pursue or prosecute (a matter) no further; cf. sense 3d. ΚΠ ?a1534 [see sense 3d]. 1568 E. Dering Sparing Restraint ii. 190 Sure it is, he could not fall on him, when he was couered with moulde, and sith the matter is no weightier, let it rest for me. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 121 Nay, let it [sc. the quarrel] rest where it began at first. View more context for this quotation 1696 W. Nicolson Eng. Hist. Libr. 95 There I am willing to let the matter rest. 1769 I. Bickerstaff Hypocrite ii. v. 34 Abate of your authority, and let the matter rest a while. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xli. 196 I think we had better let the matter rest till further experiments are made. 1842 T. Young Narr. Resid. Mosquito Shore iii. 33 It is a custom to let their quarrels rest until they get inflamed by their filthy mushla. 1895 Argosy Sept. 508/2 Ralph pleaded on the other, alleging that it was not just to the Kentuckian to let the matter rest as it was. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride ii. xviii. 212 Let the thing rest, for the mair ye tramp in dung, the mair ye spread it around. 2004 D. Freeman It's all True x. 193 Why couldn't he just let it rest? extracted from restv.¹ < as lemmas
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