leave

leave1
(past and past participle left )
  1. [with obj.]go away from
    离开，离去
    she left London on June 6.
    她6月6日离开伦敦。
    [no obj.]we were almost the last to leave.
    我们几乎是最后离去的。
    the England team left for Pakistan on Monday.
    英格兰队星期一启程前往巴基斯坦。
    ■depart from permanently
    永久离开
    at the age of sixteen he left home.
    16岁时他离开了家。
    ■cease attending (a school or college) or working for (an organization)
    离校，离职
    she is leaving the BBC after 20 years.
    服务20年后她要离开BBC了。
  2. [with obj.]allow to remain
    留下
    the parts he disliked he would alter and the parts he didn't dislike he'd leave.
    不喜欢的部分他要改变，并非不喜欢的部分他则留下。
    ■(be left)remain to be used or dealt with
    剩下
    we've even got one of the Christmas puddings left over from last year.
    我们甚至还有去年剩下来的一个圣诞布丁。
    [with infinitive]a retired person with no mortgage left to pay.
    没有剩余抵押借款要付的退休者。
    ■[with obj. and adverbial of place]go away from a place without taking (someone or something)
    丢下，落下
    we had not left any of our belongings behind.
    我们没有丢下任何行李。
    women had been left behind in the struggle for pay equality.
    在争取同薪同酬斗争中妇女被落在了后面。
    ■abandon (a spouse or partner)
    抛弃（配偶，伙伴）
    her boyfriend left her for another woman.
    她的男友为了另一女人抛弃了她。
    ■have as (a surviving relative) after one's death
    死后留下（亲属）
    he leaves a wife and three children.
    他留下了妻子和三个孩子。
    ■bequeath
    遗赠
    he left £500 to the National Asthma Campaign.
    他遗赠500英镑给全国哮喘医治项目。
    [with two objs]Cornelius had left her fifty pounds a year for life.
    科尼利厄斯遗留给她余生每年50英镑。
  3. [with obj. and adverbial or complement]cause (someone or something) to be in a particular state or position
    使处于某种状态
    he'll leave you in no doubt about what he thinks.
    他会使你对他所想的不存在丝毫疑问。
    I'll leave the door open.
    我会让门开着。
    the children were left with feelings of loss.
    孩子们留有失落感。
    ■[with obj. and infinitive]let (someone) do or deal with something without offering help or assistance
    使，让
    infected people are often rejected by family and friends, leaving them to face this chronic condition alone.
    感染病者常被家人和朋友遗弃，让他们独自面对这种慢性病。
    ■[with obj.]cause to remain as a trace or record
    （作为痕迹、记录）留下
    dark fruit that would leave purple stains on the table napkins.
    会在餐巾上留下紫色污渍的深色水果。
    they leave the impression that they can be bullied.
    他们给人留下好欺的印象。
    ■[with obj.]deposit or entrust to be kept, collected, or attended to
    寄存，留给
    she left a note for me.
    她给我留了一张便条。
    ■[with obj.](leave something to)entrust a decision, choice, or action to (someone else, especially someone considered better qualified)
    把（决定，选择，行动）留给
    the choice of which link to take is generally left up to the reader.
    该选择哪条环链一般是留给读者去决定的。
noun
  1. (in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player
    （斯努克、槌球等）收盘球势；（球被击后）停留的位置
常用词组
be left at the post
  1. be beaten from the start of a race or competition
    （比赛，竞争）一开始就注定失败
be left for dead
  1. be abandoned as being almost dead or certain to die
    疑死（或必死）而舍弃
be left to oneself
  1. be allowed to do what one wants
    听其自由发展
    women, left to themselves, would make the world a beautiful place to live in.
    妇女，如果放手让她们做想做的，会把世界变得美丽宜人。
    ■be in the position of being alone or solitary
    单独，独处
    left to himself he removed his shirt and tie.
    剩他一个人时，他脱掉衬衫，摘下领带。
leave someone/thing alone
  1. 见 alone
leave someone be
  1. (informal)refrain from disturbing or interfering with someone
    (非正式)不打扰，别管
leave someone cold
  1. fail to interest someone
    引不起兴趣
    the Romantic poets left him cold.
    浪漫主义诗人引不起他的兴趣。
leave go
  1. (informal)remove one's hold or grip
    (非正式)放开
    leave go of me!.
    放开我！。
leave hold of
  1. cease holding
    放开
leave it at that
  1. abstain from further comment or action
    到此为止，不再说（或做）
    if you are not sure of the answers, say so, and leave it at that.
    如果你对答案没把握，那就到此为止吧。
leave much (或 a lot) to be desired
  1. be highly unsatisfactory
    远不能令人满意，极不完善
派生
leaver
noun
语源
  1. Old English lǣfan 'bequeath', also 'allow to remain, leave in place' of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben 'remain'
继承用法
leave off
  1. discontinue (an activity)
    中断，放弃（活动）
    the dog left off chasing the sheep.
    狗停止追羊。
    ■come to an end
    结束
    he resumed the other story at the point where the previous author had left off.
    他接着前作者停下之处续写另一本小说。
leave something off
  1. omit to put on
    忽略，遗漏
    a bolt may have been left off the plane's forward door during production.
    生产中也许漏装了飞机前门一个门闩。
leave someone/thing out
  1. fail to include
    未能包括
    it seemed unkind to leave Daisy out, so she was invited too.
    不把戴茜包括在内似乎很无情，于是她也被邀请。
    [as adj. left out]Olivia was feeling rather left out.
    奥利维亚觉得受排斥。
    ■[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，”我严厉地说，并把他推开。
leave2
noun
[mass noun]
  1. (亦作 leave of absence)time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces
    休假；假期
    Joe was home on leave.
    乔在家休假。
    [count noun]he requested a leave without pay.
    他请求不带薪休假。
  2. [often with infinitive]permission
    许可
    leave from the court to commence an action.
    法庭准许开始诉讼。
常用词组
by (或 with) your leave
  1. with your permission
    经您同意
    with your leave, I will send him your address.
    经您同意，我将把您的地址给他。
  2. an apology for rude or unwelcome behaviour
    （为粗鲁或讨厌行为）道歉
    she came in without so much as a by your leave.
    她未表示任何歉意就闯了进来。
take one's leave
  1. (formal)say goodbye
    (正式)道别
    he went to take his leave of his hostess.
    他过去向女主人道别。
take leave of one's senses
  1. 见 sense
take leave to do something
  1. (formal)venture or presume to do something
    (正式)斗胆做，冒昧做
    whether this amounts to much, one may take leave to doubt.
    不管这是否要紧，人们可以大胆质疑。
语源
  1. Old English lēaf 'permission', of West Germanic origin; related to lief and love
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