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单词 let go
释义 let go
phrasal
1.
 a. : to cast off or drop
  < the mooring lines are let goLamp >
  < more windjammers let go their anchors on the reef — Marjory S. Douglas >
 b. : to release one's hold on or break away from
  < he let go the ladder and jumped — K.M.Dodson >
  < tons of riverbank let go … into the stream — S.H.Adams >
 c. : to cease to pay attention to : dismiss from one's mind
  < had not made a career … of being young, but she had not let herself go, either — Hamilton Basso >
  < did the best he could, and let it go at that >
 d. : to dismiss from employment : fire
  < couldn't do the work so they had to let him go >
2. : to give out : emit
 < the great whistle let go a defiant blast — Frederick Way >
3.
 a. : to abandon self-restraint : give uninhibited expression to impulses or emotions : cut loose
  < one of those actors who are too anxious to be thought gentlemen to let themselves go — T.C.Worsley >
  < let himself go in his letters as though he were talking to his correspondent — Atlantic >
  < in Port Royal they let go with a roar after the long watches at sea — H.E.Rieseberg >
  < once home, she thought, … she could really let go — Nancy Hale >
 b. : to discharge matter or wind from the body
4.
 a. : to relax one's hold
  < the dog had him by the throat and wouldn't let go >
 b. : to release a line or drop anchor
  < at the command “let go and haul” we came smartly about on a new tack >
  < found a good anchorage in the lagoon and let go >
5. : to let fly
 < Punch let go with a serial diatribe — Saturday Review >
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