让[ràng]

动

1. give way; give ground; yield; give up

♦ 各不相~。 Neither is willing to give ground.

♦ 我~了他两步棋。 I let him have the first two moves (in a chess game).

♦ 幸亏我~得快, 要不早给那辆自行车撞倒了。 Luckily I dodged in time, or I'd have been knocked down by the bike.

2. invite; offer

♦ ~茶 offer sb. tea

♦ 把客人~进里屋 invite guests into the inner room

3. let; allow; make

♦ ~我想一想。 Let me think it over.

♦ 大夫不~她起来。 The doctor told her to stay in bed.

♦ 他~我把这个消息转告你。 He told me to pass the message on to you.

4. let sb. have sth. at a fair price

♦ 我把激光唱机按原价~给他了。 I've turned my CD player over to him at the original price.

介(used in a passive sentence to introduce the doer of the action)

♦ 台布~墨水给染了。 The table cloth got stained with ink.

♦ 庄稼~大水冲跑了。 The crops were washed away by the flood.

♦ 行李~雨淋湿了。 The luggage got wet in the rain.

♦ 她~小刘给气跑了。 Xiao Liu made her so angry that she left in a huff.