let somebody go

a) to allow someone to leave a place where they have been kept 释放某人，放走某人 SYN release

The police had to let him go through lack of evidence.

由于缺乏证据，警方只得放他走。

The hijackers were persuaded to let some hostages go.

劫持者被说服释放部分人质。

b) to make someone leave their job – used in order to avoid saying this directly 叫某人走人〔解雇某人的委婉说法〕

I’m afraid we had to let several of our staff go.

恐怕我们不得不让几名员工走人了。

Examples from the Corpus

let somebody go• Due to a lack of evidence against the suspect, the police had to let the prisoner go.• I just kept praying that the man would let me go.• The police let her go after a night in jail.• We've had to let three people go this month.

→ let somebody go at let1(2)

单词	let somebody go
释义	let somebody go let somebody go a) to allow someone to leave a place where they have been kept 释放某人，放走某人 SYN release The police had to let him go through lack of evidence. 由于缺乏证据，警方只得放他走。 The hijackers were persuaded to let some hostages go. 劫持者被说服释放部分人质。 b) to make someone leave their job – used in order to avoid saying this directly 叫某人走人〔解雇某人的委婉说法〕 I’m afraid we had to let several of our staff go. 恐怕我们不得不让几名员工走人了。 Examples from the Corpus let somebody go• Due to a lack of evidence against the suspect, the police had to let the prisoner go.• I just kept praying that the man would let me go.• The police let her go after a night in jail.• We've had to let three people go this month. → let somebody go at let1(2)
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