| 单词 | let something slip |
| 释义 | let something sliplet something slip 1 TELL A SECRETto say something without meaning to, when you had wanted it to be a secret 无意中说出某事，泄露某事 He let it slip that they were planning to get married. 他说漏了嘴，说他们打算结婚了。 Examples from the Corpus let it slip that• As an aside, the parties let it slip that the idea of a true playoff system had been scrapped. → let something slip at slip1(2) 2 to not take an opportunity, offer etc 错过机会 Don’t let a chance like that slip through your fingers! 别错失这么一个机会！ Examples from the Corpus let something slip (through your fingers)• Colin, on the other hand, became discouraged and let things slip.• The Celtics let this one slip away slowly, painfully and needlessly.• Be careful lads not to let this one slip away!• Wrapped up with visions of kissing Deborah, I had ignored his bedtime rituals and let him slip away.• He held it up, and let it slip between his fingers.• And on most of the occasions when they had been alone together he hadn't let a chance slip by.• Attention creates the foreground of consciousness, letting the rest slip into peripheral awareness.• As an aside, the parties let it slip that the idea of a true playoff system had been scrapped. → let something slip (through your fingers) at slip1(4) |
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