单词 | let |
释义 | let (once / 16 pages) 1v 2v 3n To let is to allow or permit. If you don't prevent your little brother from jumping off the roof into a pile of leaves, you let him do it. Your boss might let you take a few days off work, and the friendly city bus driver might let you ride for free when you forget your wallet. Another way to let is to allow someone or something to pass in a certain direction, like a window that lets in the morning sunshine. The word can also mean "lease" or "rent," so a landlord might let a room over his garage to a college student. WORD FAMILYlet: lessor, lets, letted, letting+/lessor: lessors/letting: lettings USAGE EXAMPLESIt would be foolish to let Cousins walk. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Andre is indignant about the way he is treated, but urges his angry family to let him seek justice through the court. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Let me start with a much-maligned sector that is near and dear to my heart: the news media. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v actively cause something to happen I let it be known that I was not interested Hyper cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner 2v make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen Syn|Ant|Hypo allow, permit keep, prevent stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state keephold and prevent from leaving pass allow to go without comment or censure 3v consent to, give permission I won't let the police search her basement Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper allow, countenance, permit allow, grant let have disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto command against abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate put up with something or somebody unpleasant furloughgrant a leave to giveallow to have or take allow, permit, tolerateallow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting authorise, authorize, clear, passgrant authorization or clearance for admit, include, let inallow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of favor, favour, privilegebestow a privilege upon decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimizemake legal trustallow without fear admit, allow in, intromit, let inallow to enter; grant entry to accept, live with, swallowtolerate or accommodate oneself to hold still for, stand fortolerate or bear bear upendure cheerfully take lying downsuffer without protest; suffer or endure passively take a jokelisten to a joke at one's own expense sit outendure to the end paybear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action approbateapprove or sanction officially certificateauthorize by certificate O.K., approve, okay, sanctiongive sanction to induct, initiateaccept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite readmitadmit again or anew declareauthorize payments of certify, licence, licenseauthorize officially commissioncharge with a task formalise, formalize, validatedeclare or make legally valid monetise, monetizegive legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country repatriateadmit back into the country readmitadmit anew involveengage as a participant accept, consent, go for give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to 4v cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition This let me in for a big surprise Syn|Hyper get, have get, make give certain properties to something 5v leave unchanged 2let it be Hyper leave, leave alone, leave behind leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking v grant use or occupation of under a term of contract 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper lease, rent sublease, sublet lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody n a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again Syn|Hyper net ball serve, service (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play LET (once / 9908 pages) n WORD FAMILY LET: LETS USAGE EXAMPLESLET’S face it: Thanks to technology, we are running out of excuses for not knowing how to cook. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) LET’S GO: Expect a fast, productive attack when Syracuse has the ball. Washington Times(Nov 04, 2016) LET'S DISCUS: Mason Finley finished with the top throw in qualifying. US News(Jul 08, 2016) n a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India Syn|Exp Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
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