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单词 letting up
释义

letup

1 of 2

noun

let·​up ˈlet-ˌəp How to pronounce letup (audio)
: a lessening of effort, activity, or intensity

let up

2 of 2

verb

let up; letting up; lets up

intransitive verb

1
a
: to diminish or slow down : slacken
b
: cease, stop
2
: to become less severe
used with on

Synonyms

Noun

  • braking
  • deceleration
  • downshift
  • retardation
  • slowdown

Verb

  • break off
  • break up
  • cease
  • close
  • conclude
  • dead-end
  • determine
  • die
  • discontinue
  • elapse
  • end
  • expire
  • finish
  • go
  • halt
  • lapse
  • leave off
  • pass
  • quit
  • stop
  • terminate
  • wind up
  • wink (out)
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Example Sentences

Noun the downpour continued for hours without letup Verb the rain let up just as we reached the house the windmill slowed down as the wind let up
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Despite the recent letup in oil prices, the Fed chair and his foreign counterparts fear that inflation may be getting out of control—the very thing that independent central banks, like the Fed and the E.C.B., were set up to avoid. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Meanwhile on Friday, economists predict Russia’s central bank will raise its interest rate by a quarter-point amid no letup in inflation, though expectations are rising that policy makers could go even further, with a half-point move. Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg.com, 16 Oct. 2021 That’s the word from Equinix, which released a survey of 2,900 IT executives across the world, showing no letup in plans for major investments in digital technologies to support ambitious expansion plans. Joe Mckendrick, Forbes, 6 July 2022 Indeed, data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health suggest that there’s no sign of a COVID-19 letup, with two key metrics edging higher and a third wobbling up and down but not on a clear path to the bottom. Ryan Huddle, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022 Life on the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region has seen little letup in recent weeks. New York Times, 17 July 2022 Russia continued bombing the Azovstal plant without any letup until the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross brokered a separate commitment from Putin to allow some civilians to be evacuated this week, officials said. Washington Post, 5 May 2022 Even as Russia stymies Ukrainian ports and seizes farmland, there has been no letup in vessels leaving Russia’s busiest Black Sea grain terminals. Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 30 June 2022 The Federal Reserve is rolling out the heavy artillery in its bid to fight historic inflation that has shown little letup. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1836, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

letting up 1 of 2

adjective

as in dying (down)

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • dying (down)
  • winding up
  • leaving off
  • abating
  • subsiding
  • moderating
  • waning
  • ebbing
  • passing
  • ending
  • closing
  • dying
  • stopping
  • finishing
  • concluding
  • terminating
  • discontinuing
  • expiring
  • ceasing
  • desisting
  • lapsing
  • quitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • remaining
  • leftover
  • residual
  • holding up
  • keeping up
  • lingering
  • lasting
  • enduring
  • holding on
  • abiding
  • running on
  • persisting
  • continuing
  • biding
  • perduring
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letting up

2 of 2

verb

present participle of let up
1
as in ending
to come to an end the rain let up just as we reached the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • ending
  • stopping
  • concluding
  • winding up
  • expiring
  • breaking off
  • ceasing
  • leaving off
  • breaking up
  • halting
  • winking (out)
  • finishing
  • biting the dust
  • passing
  • going
  • dying
  • terminating
  • closing
  • determining
  • elapsing
  • discontinuing
  • lapsing
  • stalling
  • giving over
  • cutting out
  • knocking off
  • laying off (of)
  • quitting
  • desisting (from)
  • breaking down
  • refraining (from)
  • winding down
  • dead-ending
  • packing (up or in)
  • conking (out)
  • pausing
  • petering (out)
  • suspending
  • staying
  • abating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • hanging on
  • continuing
  • persisting
  • extending
  • prolonging
  • drawing out
  • protracting
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2
as in decreasing
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually the windmill slowed down as the wind let up

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • decreasing
  • subsiding
  • diminishing
  • tapering off
  • falling away
  • phasing down
  • declining
  • racheting (down)
  • falling
  • dropping (off)
  • ratcheting (down)
  • easing
  • draining (away)
  • dying (away or down or out)
  • shrinking
  • vanishing
  • tapering
  • ebbing
  • moderating
  • giving out
  • waning
  • receding
  • dwindling
  • lowering
  • remitting
  • palling
  • lessening
  • relenting
  • weakening
  • tailing (off)
  • petering (out)
  • abating
  • evaporating
  • frittering (away)
  • melting (away)
  • fading (away)
  • slowing (down)
  • de-escalating
  • compressing
  • contracting
  • condensing
  • collapsing
  • constricting
  • alleviating
  • relaxing
  • caving (in)
  • slackening
  • flagging
  • sinking
  • deflating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • picking up
  • increasing
  • building
  • growing
  • rising
  • mounting
  • expanding
  • swelling
  • escalating
  • enlarging
  • intensifying
  • soaring
  • accumulating
  • burgeoning
  • waxing
  • mushrooming
  • emerging
  • snowballing
  • appearing
  • blowing up
  • showing up
  • ballooning
  • bourgeoning
  • lengthening
  • distending
  • elongating
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