to let
01
让, 允许
to allow something to happen or someone to do something
Ditransitive: to let sb/sth do sth
例子
I will let you borrow my book if you promise to return it.
如果你答应归还，我会让你借我的书。
1.1
让, 允许
to allow someone or something to pass in a specific direction
Transitive: to let sb/sth somewhere
例子
Could you let the dog out before we leave?
在我们离开之前，你能让狗出去吗？
1.2
让, 允许
to not prevent something from happening, or provide conditions that enable it
Ditransitive: to let sb/sth do sth
例子
I let myself be lured into buying the expensive shoes.
我让自己被引诱买了那双昂贵的鞋子。
02
出租, 租给
to allow someone to use one's property in exchange for an amount paid regularly
Dialect
British
BritishDitransitive: to let one's property to sb
例子
He let his spare room to a student.
他把他的空房间出租给了一个学生。
03
让, 允许
used to politely make or respond to suggestions, or give instructions or remarks
Ditransitive: to let sb do sth
例子
Let's chat over coffee.
让我们边喝咖啡边聊天吧。
04
让, 允许
used for politely offering help to someone
Ditransitive: to let sb do sth
例子
' Please, let me help you with your bags,' he said, reaching for them.
'让我帮你拿行李吧,' 他边说边伸手去拿。
05
让, 允许
used for expressing that one is not worried or frightened about someone doing a certain thing
Ditransitive: to let sb do sth
例子
If they want to give up, let them do so.
如果他们想放弃，让他们这样做吧。
06
让, 允许
used for expressing a strong wish for something to take place or be the case
Ditransitive: to let sb/sth do sth
例子
' Oh, please let this work out,' she whispered to herself.
'哦，请让这个成功吧，'她对自己低声说道。
07
假设, 让
used for expressing that one is assuming something to be the case in order to form a theory or to calculate something
Ditransitive: to let sth do sth
例子
Let A be the area of the square with side length s.
设A为边长为s的正方形的面积。
Let
01
重发, 无效发球
(racket sports) a serve that does not count because of a small problem, like the ball hitting the net or a distraction, and is played again
例子
Her serve was a let because someone in the crowd moved.
她的发球是一个let，因为人群中有人移动了。
02
出租, 租赁
an act of renting a house, apartment, room, etc.; an apartment, a house, or a piece of land that is can be rented
DialectBritish
British
