leave/liːv/ (left, left)

vt

1. 离开；出发

• They've left Hangzhou for Beijing. 他们已经离开杭州赴北京。

2. 离开(某人或某处)；脱离(组织等)

• Her husband has left her. 她的丈夫已经离开她了。

• leave one's job 辞职

• leave school 离开学校；毕业；退学

• He left America in 1990 and never returned. 他于1990年离开美国，再也没回来。

3. (使某人或某物)处于某处(或某种状态)

• Leave the dog in the yard. 让狗在院子里呆着。

• Leave the windows open. 让窗子开着吧。

• Leave things as they are. 一切听其自然。

4. 忽略，遗忘

• I left my key in the room. 我把钥匙落在房间里了。

5. 留下；留

• leave one's address 留下地址

• Who left me the note? 谁给我留的条子？

6. 剩下；留下来

• How much money have we left? 我们还剩下多少钱？

• Is there any food left for me? 有什么吃的留给我吗？

7. (死后)遗留

• He left a wife and three children. 他遗下一妻三子。

8. 交托；留交；委托保管

• All right, leave the matter to me. 好吧，这事交给我办吧。

• She left a number of books with me. 她把许多书留给我保管。

9. 搁置

• The boy left his homework until next day. 男孩把作业留到第二天做。

• Don't leave today's work for tomorrow. 不要把今天的事情留到明天去做。

vi 离开

• It's time for me to leave. 我该走了。

• He left to see a friend off. 他去送一个朋友。

词组be(或get) nicely left

1. 上当，受骗

• She was nicely left by an old friend. 她被一个老朋友骗了。

2. 被遗弃

• The old man was nicely left by his son. 老人被儿子遗弃了。

leave alone

1. 让…独自呆着

• Leave me alone. 让我自己呆着。

2. 不考虑，更不用说

• The lane is too narrow for a bicycle, leave alone a car. 这条胡同窄得连自行车都过不去，更不用说汽车了。

leave behind

1. 忘带

• He left his textbook behind. 他忘了带课本。

2. 遗留，留下

• The landlord left a great fortune behind. 地主死后留下大笔财产。

3. 放弃，丢弃

• Most of their furniture was left behind when they moved. 他们搬家时，丢弃了大部分家具。

4. 超过

• Our team was left far behind. 我们队被远远地甩在了后面。

leave go(或hold) of 放开，松开(某人或某物) leave it at that 够了，到此为止

• We'll never agree, so let's just leave it at that, shall we? 我们永远也不会达成一致的，还是到此为止，好吗？

leave off

1. (使)停止，(使)结束

• I don't think the rain will leave off tonight. 我想今晚雨不会停。

• Start reading from left off last time. 从我们上次停止的地方开始读。

2. 戒除

• My father has left off smoking. 我爸爸已经戒烟了。

leave out

1. 把…留在外面

• Just leave your bicycle out. 把你的自行车留在外面吧。

2. 省略；遗漏

• He left out an important point in his report. 他的报告漏了一个要点。

3. 不考虑，忽视

• We left out his feeling. 我们忽视了他的感觉。

4. 离开

• He left out by train. 他坐火车走了。

leave over

1. 剩下，留下

• We have left the moon cakes over for tomorrow. 我们把月饼留到明天吃。

2. 推迟，延期

• He left the work over to next week. 他把工作推到下星期做。

leave sb. cold 引不起某人的兴趣

• Frankly, opera leaves me cold. 老实说，歌剧引不起我的兴趣。

leave sb. to himself (或to his own devices) 听任某人自行其是，放任