| 释义 |
let oneself go1Act in a relaxed or uninhibited way: you need to unwind and let yourself go...- Carl made her feel so good, so relaxed that she let herself go completely, losing herself in the moment.
- Decadence is selfish - it means letting yourself go and not caring about others, not caring about tomorrow so you do whatever you want today.
- The government seems uncomfortable about these ‘drink-fuelled scenes’, fearful of rowdy crowds of people letting themselves go.
2Become careless or untidy in one’s habits or appearance: he’s really let himself go since my mother died...- He has let himself go, no longer caring about his appearance, or able to get up in the mornings.
- You have to wait until you get married before you start letting yourself go.
- Let's speak plainly here, David, it looks as if you've been letting yourself go.
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