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🇺🇸 /lˈɛt/
let 的核心意思是“允许、不阻拦”,也可引申为出租、交给别人办理,以及用于提出建议或请求;另有一个古旧义“阻碍”。
💡 记忆钩子
把 let 想成“把门打开、让事情过去”:让某人进来是“允许”,让某人独处是“不干涉”,让房子给人住是“出租”,让工作交给别人做是“承包”;“Let's …”则像说“让我们来……”。古英语中另一个同形词却表示“挡住去路”,这个“阻拦”义如今只残留在古旧用法和网球术语里。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“允许”和“Let's …”两组高频用法,再学习出租、承包等引申义。
- 不要把 let 一律理解成“让某人做某事”后都加 to;通常说 let someone do something,不说 let someone to do something。
- let 与中文“让”并不完全对应:有时它表示“别管、让……保持原样”,如 let me be;看到具体结构再判断含义。
📖 中文释义
noun
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common 出租;租赁房产📖 指房产被出租给别人使用的安排,或一处适合出租的房产;重点是“把房子让给别人住并收取租金”。💡 常见于 a good let、a long-term let 等结构,表示房产出租得好或出租期限较长。它是英国英语房产用语,在一般美式英语中通常改说 rental 或 lease。不要把它理解成单纯的“租金”金额。The small flat proved to be a good let.这套小公寓很适合出租。
lets
plural
lettest
alternative,archaic,past,present,second-person,singular
letteth
alternative,archaic,present,singular,third-person
noun
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rare 阻碍;妨碍📖 指挡住行动或进展的障碍,现代英语中基本只在古旧固定表达里保留。💡 主要见于 without let or hindrance,表示“毫无阻碍地”。这是古旧或正式的固定说法,日常表达通常用 obstacle 或 hindrance。
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common 网球中的重发球📖 网球发球擦到球网,但球仍落在合法发球区时,这一球叫 let,通常不计分并重新发球。💡 常见结构是 serve a let、play a let 或 call a let,具体搭配取决于裁判或比赛叙述。这个义项属于网球术语,不要把它理解成一般比赛中的“暂停”。The serve clipped the net, so the umpire called a let.这一球发球擦网,所以裁判判重发。
lets
plural
lettest
alternative,archaic,past,present,second-person,singular
letteth
alternative,archaic,present,singular,third-person
verb
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core 允许某人做某事📖 表示不阻止某人做某事,相当于把行动的门打开;这是 let 最核心、最常用的意思。💡 常见结构是 let + 人 + 动词原形,如 let her leave;let 后面通常不接带 to 的不定式。它可用于允许、放行,也可用于请求别人允许自己做某事。transitiveMy parents let me stay up late on weekends.我父母允许我周末晚点睡。Please let the children play outside.请让孩子们在外面玩。
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core 别干涉;任其保持原样📖 表示允许某人或某事按原样存在,不去打扰、控制或插手;所以 let me be 是“别烦我、让我待着”。💡 常见结构是 let + 人或事物 + be,或 let someone alone,表示不干涉。Let me be 带有明确的拒绝或恼怒色彩,不能机械地译成“让我成为”。transitiveI'm tired—just let me be for a while.我累了——先让我安静一会儿,别打扰我。
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rare 放出液体📖 表示让体液等流出,常指历史上的放血处理;这是医学史或旧文本中的用法。💡 通常出现在历史医学或古旧叙述中,现代医疗语境不会用它来描述常规治疗。不要把它和普通的“倒出液体”混用,后者通常用 release、drain 或 pour out。transitive
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common 出租房产📖 表示把房子或其他房产交给别人居住或使用,并以收取租金为条件;这是“允许别人使用”在房产上的具体延伸。💡 英国英语中常见结构是 let a house/flat to someone,表示把房产租给某人;let out a property 也很常见。这里的主语是房东,不要像美式英语那样把 let 只理解成“租入”;租客通常说 rent a property。British transitiveThey let their house to a family while they lived abroad.他们住在国外期间把房子租给了一户人家。
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common 把工作或合同交给别人承办📖 表示把某项工程、工作、特权或合同交给某人负责,相当于把做这件事的机会或任务“放给”别人。💡 常见结构是 let a contract/work to someone,或 let out a contract,常用于工程和正式商务语境。它不是普通的“允许某人工作”,而是正式地授予或发包一项任务。transitiveThe council let the road project to a local company.市政委员会把道路工程发包给了一家本地公司。
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core 让我们……;请允许我……📖 用于引出第一人称或第三人称的祈使结构:Let's … 通常表示提议“让我们……”,Let me … 可表示请求“让我……”。它把“允许”缩成一个直接推动行动的表达。💡 最常见结构是 Let's + 动词原形,用来提出建议;Let me + 动词原形则常用于主动提出做某事或请求机会。Let's 是 let us 的缩写,不要把它和表示所属的 lets 混淆;否定建议说 Let's not + 动词原形。auxiliary transitiveLet's take a short break before the next meeting.我们在下次会议前先休息一会儿吧。Let me check the address for you.我来帮你核对一下地址。
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common 使;让某事发生📖 表示使某人知道或使某种状态出现,现代英语中最重要的残留用法是 let someone know,即“告诉某人”。💡 最常见结构是 let + 人 + know,表示告知;也可见 let + 人 + be,表示让某人保持某种状态。除这些固定或半固定表达外,这个“使”义较旧,不能随意替代 cause 或 make。transitiveLet me know if you need any help.如果你需要帮助,请告诉我。
lets
present,singular,third-person
letting
participle,present
let
past
leet
obsolete,past
let
participle,past
leet
obsolete,participle,past
letten
obsolete,participle,past
lettest
alternative,archaic,past,present,second-person,singular
letteth
alternative,archaic,present,singular,third-person
verb
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rare 阻碍;妨碍📖 指挡住某人或某事的进展,和现代 let 的“允许”义相反;如今只在古旧文本中出现。archaic
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rare 阻止发生📖 表示使某人无法做某事,或使某事无法发生,是“挡住去路”这一古旧义的具体用法。obsolete
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rare 耽搁;延迟📖 表示使行动暂缓或拖延,属于已经废弃的用法;可看作从“挡住去路”延伸出的“让事情晚些发生”。obsolete
lets
present,singular,third-person
letting
participle,present
letted
past
let
participle,past
lettest
alternative,archaic,past,present,second-person,singular
letteth
alternative,archaic,present,singular,third-person
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 8 组
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; ;
同义词集:
get
let
have
He got his squad on the ball
This let me in for a big surprise
He got a girl into trouble
上位: get, make
leave unchanged
同义词集:
let
let it be
上位: leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone
a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
同义词集:
let
net ball
上位: serve, service
actively cause something to happen
同义词集:
let
I let it be known that I was not interested
上位: cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate
consent to, give permission; ;
同义词集:
permit
allow
let
countenance
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
I won't let the police search her basement
I cannot allow you to see your exam
反义: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto
上位: accept, consent, go for
下位: abide, admit, allow, allow in, authorise, authorize, bear, brook, clear, decriminalise, decriminalize, digest, endure, favor, favour, furlough, give, include, intromit, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize, let in, pass, permit, privilege, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate, trust
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
同义词集:
lease
let
rent
I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners
上位: give
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; ;
同义词集:
let
allow
permit
This permits the water to rush in
This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement
This will permit the rain to run off
反义: keep, prevent
下位: pass
a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
同义词集:
lashkar-e-taiba
lashkar-e-toiba
lashkar-e-tayyiba
let
army of the pure
army of the righteous
Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus
🌳 词源
现代主要义项来自古英语中表示“允许、放开、留下”的词;表示“阻碍”的古旧义来自另一个表示“使迟、拖延”的词。两者后来拼写相同,但词源不同。
Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to be tired, leave”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).
🔄 变式
leet
obsolete
lets
plural
letted
past
letten
obsolete
lettest
archaic
letteth
archaic
letting
present
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