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■[usu. in imperative](leave it out)(Brit. informal)stop it(英,非正式)停下,住手‘Leave it out,’ I said sternly, pushing him off.“住手,”我嚴(yán)厲地說,并把他推開。leave someone/thing outfail to include未能包括it seemed unkind to leave Daisy out, so she was invited too.不把戴茜包括在內(nèi)似乎很無情,于是她也被邀請(qǐng)。leave something offomit to put on忽略,遺漏a bolt may have been left off the plane39。 rudely 擅自;未經(jīng)許可;粗魯?shù)?;無禮地:What do you think you’re doing, ing in here without so much as a by your leave? 你知道自己在干什么嗎,你怎么能擅自闖到這里來?leave offdiscontinue (an activity)中斷,放棄(活動(dòng))the dog left off chasing the 。without (so much as) a ,by your 39。take ,leave of your 39。”take (your) 39。leave it■used to say that you do not care if sb accepts orrejects your offer 要就要,不要就算:£200 is my final offer, take it or leave it. 200 英鎊是我的最后出價(jià),你要就要,不要就算了。sidestay with sb, especially in order to take care ofthem ﹙尤指為了照顧﹚不離某人左右:While he was in hospital she didn’t leave his side for more than a couple of hours at a time. 在他住院期間,她一直陪伴左右,每次離開決不超過兩個(gè)小時(shí)。word (with sb)leave a message with sb ﹙給某人﹚留言:He left word with his secretary about where to contact him if necessary. 他向秘書交待了一下必要時(shí)如何同他聯(lián)系。The children were usually left to their own devices in the summer holidays.暑假里孩子們一般都被放任自流。leave sb to their own de39。to it (informal)allow sb to continue doing sth on their own, withoutyour help 任由某人獨(dú)立做某事:Oh well, we’ll leave you to it, Derek—you seem to be managing very well by yourself. 哦,好吧,德里克,我們會(huì)讓你繼續(xù)干,看起來你自己干得很好。standing (informal)be much better than sb/sth 遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)勝過某人/某物:In maths and science she leaves the others ,她比其他人強(qiáng)得多。absence (formal)permission to be away from work for a certain period of time 準(zhǔn)假:Several of my colleagues have had leave of absence to go on training courses.我的幾位同事獲許請(qǐng)假參加培訓(xùn)課程。turnedtry everything possible to find or obtain sth 想盡一切辦法; 竭盡所能:The police left no stone unturned in their efforts to find the little girl. 警方不遺余力地尋找那個(gè)小女孩。The acting in some of those early films left much to be desired. 某些早期電影中演員的演技遠(yuǎn)不盡如人意。out (BrE,spoken)used to tell sb to stop doing sth ﹙用于讓某人停止做某事﹚行啦,別再弄了:Leave it out, will you? I’m trying to study! 行啦,就這樣吧,好嗎?我要學(xué)習(xí)呢!leave a lot, much, etc. to be de39。that (informal)say or do no more about sth 行了;到此為止;就這樣吧:We talked about it for a few minutes, I made a few suggestions, and we left it at that