leave
verb/liːv/
/liːv/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they leave | /liːv/ /liːv/ |
| he / she / it leaves | /liːvz/ /liːvz/ |
| past simple left | /left/ /left/ |
| past participle left | /left/ /left/ |
| -ing form leaving | /ˈliːvɪŋ/ /ˈliːvɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to go away from a person or a place
离开（某人或某处） - Come on, it's time we left (= time for us to leave).
快点，我们该走了。 - She left without saying goodbye.
她不辞而别。 - leave for something The plane leaves for Dallas at 12.35.
飞机于 12:35 起飞前往达拉斯。 - What time do you have to leave for work?
你几点下班去上班？ - leave something The plane leaves Heathrow at 12.35.
飞机于 12:35 在希思罗机场起飞。 - I hate leaving home.
我讨厌离开家。 - She left the house around 8 this morning.
她今天早上八点左右离开家。 - The whole family was forced to leave the country.
全家人被迫离开这个国家。
Extra Examples- You want Chris? Sorry, he's just left.
你想要克里斯吗？抱歉，他刚刚离开。 - Did you want something? I was just about to leave.
你想要什么吗？我正好要出去。 - You're not welcome here. You should leave.
这里不欢迎你。你应该离开。 - I wanted to leave but they wouldn't let me.
我想走，但他们不让。 - The bus leaves at 8.30.
巴士于 8.30 出发。 - The train was just leaving the station.
火车刚刚离开车站。 - I heard his car leaving the driveway.
我听到他的车驶离车道的声音。 - They left for Scotland this morning.
他们今天早上动身前往苏格兰。 - By the time I got there, they'd already left for home.
当我到达那里时，他们已经回家了。 - You should have left for school by now.
你现在应该已经去学校了。 - I never leave the house without my phone.
我从来不带手机出门。 - He left home around 8 this morning.
他今天早上8点左右离开家。 - They started talking about her as soon as she left the room.
她一离开房间，他们就开始谈论她。 - They keep a record of everyone entering and leaving the premises.
他们保留每个人进出场所的记录。 - I'm sorry, he's already left the office.
抱歉，他已经离开办公室了。 - She was injured and left the field.
她受伤并离开了球场。 - They were being extremely rowdy and the manager had to ask them to leave.
他们大吵大闹，经理只好请他们离开。 - They were caught trying to leave the country.
他们在试图离境时被抓获。 - We were all packed and ready to leave.
我们都整装待发。 - Are you ready to leave yet?
你准备好离开了吗？ - If we leave now, we should make it in time.
如果我们现在出发，我们应该及时赶到。 - John says he left the restaurant at around midnight.
约翰说他在午夜前后离开了餐厅。 - She refused to leave until she had talked to an officer.
在与一名警官交谈之前，她拒绝离开。 - It looked as though they had left in a hurry.
看来他们离开的很匆忙。 - They got into an argument and were asked to leave.
他们争论了起来，因而被要求离开。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + leave- decide to
- intend to
- plan to
- …
- for
- Come on, it's time we left (= time for us to leave).
- [intransitive, transitive] to stop living at a place, belonging to a group, working for an employer, etc.
离开居住地点（或群体、工作单位等） - My assistant is threatening to leave.
我的助理以辞职相要挟。 - leave something He didn't leave home until he was 30.
他直到 30 岁才离开家。 - (British English) She left school at 16.
她16岁就离开了学校。 - (North American English) I went to see him, but was told he had left town.
我去看他，但被告知他已经离开小镇了。 - The Mayor left office in 2018.
市长于 2018 年卸任。 - Why did you leave your last job?
你为什么离开上一份工作？ - leave for something People leave for better-paid jobs elsewhere.
人们离职另找薪酬更高的工作。 - leave something for something Many of her relatives had left Ireland for America.
她的许多亲戚都离开爱尔兰去了美国。
Extra Examples- He had left the organization some years before.
他几年前就离开了这个组织。 - I decided to leave the company and go freelance.
我决定离开公司，成为一名自由职业者。 - I worked in Hong Kong after I left university.
大学毕业后我在香港工作。 - Her youngest child has just left college.
她最小的孩子刚刚大学毕业。 - US troops left the island in December 1983.
美军于 1983 年 12 月离开该岛。 - His family had to leave the village.
他的家人不得不离开村庄。 - She claims she was forced to leave her job after she became pregnant.
她声称自己怀孕后被迫离职。 - She left school at 14 with no qualifications.
她14岁时就从学校肄业了。 - They left for a new life abroad.
他们前往国外开始新的生活。 - Too many teachers are leaving the profession for higher-paid jobs.
有太多的教师为了更高的薪酬而离开这个行业。 - Hundreds of villagers have already left to seek work in the towns.
已经有数百名村民进城找工作去了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + leave- decide to
- intend to
- plan to
- …
- for
- My assistant is threatening to leave.
- [intransitive, transitive] to leave your wife, husband or partner permanently
遗弃；丢弃 - I was afraid you'd leave if you knew the truth.
我怕你知道真相就会离开。 - leave somebody I'll never leave you.
我将对你不离不弃。 - leave somebody for somebody She left him for a colleague.
她离开他跟一个同事好了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1- He's been depressed since his wife left.
自从妻子离开后，他一直郁郁寡欢。 - His father left his mother when he was just two years old.
他的父亲在他两岁时就离开了母亲。 - His girlfriend was threatening to leave him.
他的女朋友威胁要离开他。 - I'm sorry, George, I'm leaving you.
对不起，乔治，我要离开你了。 - He promised he would leave his wife for her.
他答应为了她，他会离开他的妻子。 - My fiance left me for someone else.
我的未婚夫为了别人离开了我。 - She's leaving him for another man.
她要为了另一个男人而离开他。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + leave- decide to
- intend to
- plan to
- …
- for
- I was afraid you'd leave if you knew the truth.
- [transitive] to go away from a place without taking something/somebody with you
忘了带；丢下 - leave something/somebody I'll have to go back—I've left my jacket.
我得回去一下。我把夹克忘了。 - They left the children and went out for the evening.
他们留下孩子们出去过夜。 - leave something/somebody + adv./prep. I've left my bag on the bus.
我把包忘在公共汽车上了。 - You can leave your things here.
你可以把你的东西留在这里。 - leave something/somebody behind He wasn't well, so we had to leave him behind.
他身体不适，因此我们只好把他留下。 - Don't leave any of your belongings behind.
别忘了带上自己的随身物品。
Extra Examples- Is there somewhere we can leave our luggage?
有地方可以寄存行李吗？ - I've left my phone somewhere but I can't remember where.
我把手机落在了某个地方，但一时记不起是哪里。 - Hang on a minute—I left my phone upstairs.
等一下——我把手机忘在楼上了。 - I stupidly left my passport at home.
我愚蠢地将护照留在家里了。 - The lost property office is full of belongings people have left on trains.
失物招领处堆满了人们留在火车上的物品。 - You'll have to leave your dog outside.
你必须把你的狗留在外面。 - She left her little brother in the park and came home by herself.
她把弟弟留在公园里，独自回家。 - What shall we do with the baby? We can't leave him.
我们该拿宝宝做什么呢？我们不能离开他。 - They were charged with neglect after leaving their children to go on holiday.
他们在离开孩子去度假后被指控疏忽照顾。 - He's old enough to be left for the evening.
他已经够大了，可以留下来过夜了。
- leave something/somebody I'll have to go back—I've left my jacket.
- [transitive] to make or allow somebody/something to remain in a particular condition, place, etc.
使保留，让…处于（某种状态、某地等） - leave somebody/something + adj. Leave the door open, please.
请把门开着吧。 - The bomb blast left 25 people dead.
那颗炸弹炸死了 25 个人。 - His help left her free to focus on her research.
他的帮助让她可以自由地专注于她的研究。 - leave somebody/something doing something Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain.
别让她在外边雨里等着。 - We were left feeling rather disappointed.
我们感到相当失望。 - leave somebody/something to do something Leave the rice to cook for 20 minutes.
把大米煮 20 分钟。 - leave something He ate up his vegetables but left the chicken.
他吃光了蔬菜，但把鸡肉留下了。
Extra Examples- The treatment had left her vulnerable to infection.
治疗使她很容易受到感染。 - He had left his food untouched.
他没有动过他的食物。 - The experience left them shaken, but unharmed.
这次经历让他们感到震惊，但没有受到伤害。 - The accident left him unable to walk.
这次事故使他丧失了行走能力。 - The writer leaves us free to imagine our own ending to the story.
作者让我们自由想象故事的结局。 - We were left in no doubt who was really to blame.
我们毫无疑问谁应该受到责备。 - They were left without power for two days after storms blew down cables.
暴风雨吹断电缆后，他们两天都断电了。 - The furniture had all been left in place, just as it would have been when he was alive.
家具都留在原处，就像他生前一样。 - They left me standing there like an idiot while they argued.
他们吵架时，我像个白痴一样站在那里。 - I was left wondering what had really happened.
我不知道到底发生了什么。 - Don't leave your stuff lying around.
不要把你的东西乱扔。 - Remove the pan from the heat and leave it to cool down.
把锅从火上移开，让它冷却。 - I'll leave you to enjoy your book.
我会让你享受你的书。 - We left them to have some time alone.
我们让他们独处一段时间。
- leave somebody/something + adj. Leave the door open, please.
- be left[transitive] to remain to be used, sold, etc.
留下备用（或销售等） - Is there any coffee left?
还有咖啡剩下吗？ - He's spent all the money—there's nothing left.
他已经花光了所有的钱——什么也没有剩下。 - You still have a few minutes left.
你还有几分钟。 - How many tickets do you have left?
你还剩下多少张票？ - be left of something They are fighting to save what is left of their business.
他们在拼命抢救他们仅余的业务。 - Not much is left of the old town.
老城区已所剩无几。 - be left to somebody The only course of action left to me was to notify her employer.
我可以采取的唯一措施就是通知她的雇主。
Extra Examples- Are there any cookies left?
有剩下的曲奇饼吗？ - There's no time left. We have to decide now.
时间所剩无几了。我们现在必须做出决定。 - If there's any left, I'll use it to make soup.
如果还有的话，我就用来煲汤。 - There's no water left in the jug.
壶里已经没有水了。 - If you have a few minutes left at the end, use them to check your work.
如果最后还剩几分钟，请利用它们检查您的工作。 - I've still got a few presents left to buy.
我还有一些礼物要买。 - There are 85 days left until the games begin.
距离比赛开始还有85天。 - There's only a year left until I finish university.
距离我大学毕业只剩一年了。 - By the time we'd finished, there wasn't a lot left to spend.
当我们完成时，已经没有太多可以花的了。 - I'm sorry, we haven't got any of the blue ones left.
抱歉，我们已经没有蓝色的了。 - As the hurricane blew over, people returned to what was left of their homes.
飓风过后，人们纷纷返回家园。 - He tried to brush what was left of his hair across his scalp.
他试图将剩下的头发梳理到头皮上。 - The company is trying to salvage what's left of its reputation.
该公司正在努力挽救其仅存的声誉。 - The only option left to us was to fire her.
我们唯一的选择就是解雇她。 - They decided that the only avenue left to them was legal action.
他们决定采取法律行动是他们唯一的途径。
- Is there any coffee left?
- [transitive] to make something happen or remain as a result
使发生；造成，使留下为（某种结果） - leave something Red wine leaves a stain.
红葡萄酒会留下污渍。 - The Romans left their mark on Britain.
罗马人在英国留下了自己的印记。 - Leave room on the spreadsheet to add the results later.
在电子表格上留出空间以便稍后添加结果。 - They've left a space here where you can put your name.
他们在这里留了一个空间，你可以在其中写下你的名字。 - leave somebody with something She left me with the impression that she was unhappy.
她给我的印象是她不快乐。 - leave somebody something I'm afraid you leave me no choice.
恐怕你没有给我选择的余地。
Extra Examples- The storm left a trail of destruction.
暴风雨留下了破坏的痕迹。 - First experiences leave lasting impressions.
第一次经历会留下持久的印象。 - The incident left its mark on all of us.
这一事件给我们所有人留下了深刻的印象。 - He disappeared without leaving a trace.
他消失得无影无踪。 - This doesn't leave much room for error.
这不会留下太大的出错空间。 - The film leaves you with the desire to find out more.
这部电影让你产生了解更多的欲望。 - I was left with the feeling that I'd done something wrong.
我感觉自己做错了什么。 - You haven't left me much room for manoeuvre.
你没有给我留下太多回旋的余地。 - I've left you some space on the shelf for your books.
我在书架上给你留了一些空间来放你的书。 - We try to leave people a positive impression.
我们努力给人们留下积极的印象。 - She left them no option but to fire her.
她让他们别无选择，只能解雇她。
- leave something Red wine leaves a stain.
- [transitive] to deliver, write or record something to be seen or heard later
发布；记下；写下；留下 - leave something Lots of people had left comments under the post.
很多人在帖子下面留了言。 - Someone called, but they didn't leave a message.
有人打来电话，但没有留言。 - leave something for somebody Someone left this note for you.
有人给你送来了这张便条。 - leave somebody something Someone left you this note.
有人给你送来了这张便条。
Extra Examples- Leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
请留言，我们会尽快回复您。 - She disappeared without leaving a note.
她没有留下任何字条就消失了。 - Please leave a comment on the blog.
请在博客上发表评论。 - I left a message on his Facebook page.
我在他的 Facebook 页面上留言。 - He left a sign on the door saying 'Gone fishing'.
他在门上留下了一块牌子，上面写着“去钓鱼了”。 - She had left a little note inside the package.
她在包裹里留下了一张小纸条。 - Somebody left you some flowers.
有人给你留了一些花。 - Perhaps this mess was their way of leaving us a message.
也许这种混乱是他们给我们留下信息的方式。 - I left myself a note to get more coffee.
我给自己留了一张纸条，要更多的咖啡。 - She leaves herself little reminders all over the house.
她在房子各处留下了一些小提醒。
More Like This Verbs with two objectsVerbs with two objects- bet
- bring
- build
- buy
- cost
- get
- give
- leave
- lend
- make
- offer
- owe
- pass
- pay
- play
- post
- promise
- read
- refuse
- sell
- send
- show
- sing
- take
- teach
- tell
- throw
- wish
- write
- leave something Lots of people had left comments under the post.
- [transitive] to not do something or deal with something immediately
不立刻做；不马上处理 - leave something Leave the dishes—I'll do them later.
盘子先搁着吧，我等会儿再洗。 - leave something until/till something Why do you always leave everything until the last moment?
你怎么什么事都留到最后一刻才处理？ - leave something for something Let's leave that topic for another day.
让我们把这个话题留到日后再谈。
Extra Examples- I'm going to leave this now and finish it tomorrow morning.
我现在要离开这个，明天早上完成它。 - If you find a question difficult, leave it and come back to it.
如果您发现某个问题很难，请先离开它，然后再回来解决。 - Leave it! It's not worth bothering with!
别管它！不值得去打扰！ - We all know we shouldn't leave essays until the night before they're due.
我们都知道我们不应该把论文留到截止日期的前一天晚上。 - I left the best till last.
我把最好的留到了最后。 - OK, let's leave the discussion there for now.
好吧，我们暂时把讨论留在那里。 - He decided to leave the washing-up for later.
他决定把洗碗的事情留到以后再说。 - We can leave that issue for next week.
我们可以把这个问题留到下周再讨论。
- leave something Leave the dishes—I'll do them later.
- [transitive] to allow somebody to take care of something
把…留交；交托；委托 - leave something to somebody/something You can leave the cooking to me.
你可以把做饭的事交给我。 - They didn't leave anything to chance (= everything was planned carefully).
他们把一切都安排周全，不凭运气。 - leave it (up) to somebody (to do something) ‘Where shall we eat?’ ‘I’ll leave it entirely (up) to you (= you can decide).’
“我们上哪儿吃去？”“我全交给你来决定好了。” - I leave it to you to decide what order to do things in.
事情应该按什么顺序来做，就由你来决定了。 - leave somebody + adv./prep. She left her assistant in charge.
她委托助手来负责。 - leave something with somebody Leave it with me—I'm sure I can sort it out.
把这事交给我吧，我一定会解决的。 - leave somebody with something They left me with all the clearing up.
他们把什么都留给我来收拾。 - leave somebody/something to do something Can I leave you to lock up the shop?
关店的事我能交给你吗？ - I was left to cope on my own.
就剩下我一个人来单独对付。
Extra Examples- He leaves most of the important decisions to his wife.
他把大部分重要的决定留给了他的妻子。 - Stop analysing everybody! Leave that to the psychologists!
大家别再分析了！这个问题就交给心理学家吧！ - If you leave it with me, I'll get back to you within a day or two.
如果你把它留给我，我会在一两天内回复你。 - I left the problem with Gina to sort out.
我把这个问题交给吉娜来解决。 - He has fun baking with the kids and I'm left with all the mess to clean up.
他和孩子们一起烘焙很开心，而我则负责清理所有的烂摊子。 - I left him with the boxes to pack.
我把箱子留给他去收拾。 - I'll leave you to finish this when you have time.
当你有时间的时候我会让你完成这个。 - We left them to keep an eye on the house while we were away.
我们离开时，我们让他们看管房子。
- leave something to somebody/something You can leave the cooking to me.
- [transitive] to give something to somebody when you die
（去世时）遗赠，遗留 - leave something He left a large estate.
他留下了一大笔遗产。 - leave something to somebody She left £1 million to her daughter.
她遗留给女儿 100 万英镑。 - leave somebody something She left her daughter £1 million.
她遗留给女儿 100 万英镑。
Extra Examples- He left over ten million dollars when he died.
他去世时留下了超过一千万美元。 - She left everything to charity.
她把一切都留给了慈善事业。 - Her father's will left everything to her brothers.
她父亲的遗嘱把一切都留给了她的兄弟们。 - She promised she would leave the house to me.
她答应把房子留给我。 - Her grandfather left her some stocks and shares.
她的祖父给她留下了一些股票和股份。 - She died and left me nothing.
她死了，没有给我留下任何东西。 - I'll leave you the ring when I die.
我死后会把戒指留给你。 - I'll leave it to you when I die.
我死后会把它留给你。
- leave something He left a large estate.
- [transitive] leave somebody to have family who continue to live after your death
（死后）留下（家人） - He leaves a wife and two children.
他遗下妻子和两个孩子。
- He leaves a wife and two children.
- [transitive] leave something to have a particular amount left over
剩余；余下 - Seven from ten leaves three.
10 减 7 得 3。
- Seven from ten leaves three.
place/person
home/job/school
partner
somebody/something in place/condition
deliver
something to do later
responsibility to somebody
after death
mathematics
Word Originverb Old English lǣfan ‘bequeath’, also ‘allow to remain, leave in place’ of Germanic origin; related to German bleiben ‘remain’.
Idioms Most idioms containing leave are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example leave somebody in the lurch is at lurch.
be left to yourself
- to be alone
单独；独自 - I didn’t know anyone in New York, so I was left to myself to explore.
我在纽约谁都不认识，所以只能独自去探索。
- I didn’t know anyone in New York, so I was left to myself to explore.
- to be allowed to do what you want
听凭自己做某事 - Left to himself, the dog will eat anything and everything.
要是由着它自己，狗什么都吃。
- Left to himself, the dog will eat anything and everything.
somebody can take it or leave it
- used to say that you do not care if somebody accepts or rejects your offer
要就要，不要就拉倒；取舍请便 - used to say that somebody does not have a strong opinion about something
可有可无；无所谓；无偏好 - Dancing? I can take it or leave it.
跳舞？我跳不跳都行。
- Dancing? I can take it or leave it.
leave somebody be
- (informal) to stop annoying somebody or trying to get their attention
不打扰；不惊动 - Why can’t you stop texting me and just leave me be?
你能不能停止给我发短信，让我自己安静会儿？
- Why can’t you stop texting me and just leave me be?
leave go (of something)
- (British English, informal) to stop holding on to something
松手；撒手；放开 - Leave go of my arm—you're hurting me!
放开我的手臂，你弄痛我了！
- Leave go of my arm—you're hurting me!
leave it at that
- (informal) to say or do nothing more about something
别再说了；到此为止；就这样算了 - We'll never agree, so let's just leave it at that.
咱们不可能意见一致，所以这事就这样吧。
- We'll never agree, so let's just leave it at that.
leave it out
- (British English, informal) used to tell somebody to stop doing something
（让人停止做某事）行啦，就这样吧