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| 1 | I/T to go away from a place 离开（某地） |
| We left London at three in the afternoon. 我们下午3点离开了伦敦。 |
| Your plane leaves in ten minutes. 您乘坐的飞机10分钟后起飞。 |
| If they leave after lunch, they should arrive by dark. 他们如果吃完午饭后走的话，天黑时应该能到达。 |
| We have to leave within the hour in order to be on time. 为了准时到达，我们得一小时内出发。 |
| The ship left before dawn. 船在黎明前开走了。 |
| They left by the back door. 他们经后门离开了。 |
| +for She leaves for work at 7.30 every morning. 她每天早晨7∶30动身去上班。 |
| | 1a | to go away from a place and allow someone to continue doing something there 留下（某人继续做某事） | | leave sb to sth I’ ll leave you to your crossword puzzle. 我会留下你继续做你的纵横字谜游戏。 | | leave sb to do sth I’ ll leave you to get on with your book. 我要留下你继续读你的书。 | |
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| 2 | I/T to leave a place permanently 永远离开（某地） |
| She left her home town for the bright lights of New York. 她离开家乡去纽约追求那种灯红酒绿的都市生活。 |
| leave home He didn’ t leave home until he was 24. 他24岁时才离开家。 |
| | 2a | to leave a person permanently because a relationship has ended （由于关系结束）永远离开（某人） | | The kids were devastated when Ben left. 本离去后这些孩子遭罪了。 | | His wife has threatened to leave him. 他的妻子威胁说要离开他。 | |
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| 3 | I/T to stop working for an organization or going to school or college 辞职；脱离（组织）；退学 |
| He decided to leave the company after 15 years. 工作15年后他决定离开公司。 |
| At 16 he left school in order to work and support his family. 为了打工挣钱养活家人，他16岁便退了学。 |
| I’ m leaving at the end of the month. 我月底要离职。 |
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| 4 | T to put something somewhere , especially in a place where it will stay 把（某物）放在（某处） |
| Leave your things by the door. 把你的东西放在门边上。 |
| I’ ll only be a minute so I’ ll leave my coat on. 我只呆一会儿，所以就不脱外套了。 |
| Massage the conditioner into your hair and leave it in for a few minutes. 均匀按摩护发素，几分钟后再把头发冲洗干净。 |
| | 4a | to put something in a place and forget to take it away with you 丢下；遗忘 | | I left my homework on the bus. 我把我的家庭作业落在公共汽车上了。 | |
| | 4b | to arrange for someone to stay in a place or with a particular person 留下…（在某地方或与某人在一起） | | I don’ t want to leave my mother at home on her own. 我不想把我母亲单独一人留在家里。 | | leave sb with sb She left the children with a friend for the afternoon. 她下午让孩子们和她的一个朋友呆在一起。 | |
| | 4c | to put a message somewhere for someone else to receive later （给某人）留（口信） | | Chris left a message on your answerphone. 克里斯在你的答录机里留了一个口信。 | | I’ ll leave a note for Leigh. 我会给利留一张条子。 | |
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| 5 | T to produce a situation , especially a bad one , that continues after you have gone （离开后）留下（某种局面，尤指不好的局面） |
| The previous government left the economy in ruins. 上一届政府把经济搞成了一个烂摊子。 |
| The storm left 50,000 homes without power. 暴风雨致使50000户家庭断电。 |
| | 5a | to produce a mark that remains after you have gone 留下（痕迹） | | Wherever army ants go, they leave a chemical trail for other ants to follow. 行军蚁所到之处都会留下化学痕迹以便让其他蚂蚁追随。 | |
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| 6 | T to make someone feel a particular emotion or have a particular opinion 使（某人）感受到（某种情感）；使（某人）产生（某种看法） |
| His betrayal left her heartbroken. 他的背叛令她心碎。 |
| leave sb with sth Her hesitation left me with the impression that she wasn’ t being quite honest. 她的犹豫留给我的印象是她不是特别诚实。 |
| leave sb fuming/dangling/wondering etc Kate’ s sudden departure left us all wondering what was going to happen. 凯特的突然离去让我们大伙都捉摸着会出什么事。 |
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| 7 | T to not do something , especially because you prefer to do it later or so that someone else can do it 把…留到（以后做）；把…留给（别人来做） |
| Leave the dishes and do them in the morning. 把餐具留到早上再洗吧。 |
| leave sth to sb Don’ t worry, just leave everything to me. 别担心，把一切都交给我好了。 |
| leave sb to it ‘I think I can manage OK now.’ ‘Fine. I’ ll leave you to it then.’ “我想我现在能应付得过去。”“好极了。那我就让你来办这事吧。” |
| | 7a | to not make a decision and let someone else make it 把…留给（他人来决定） | | Leave questions of guilt or innocence for the jury to decide. 把有罪无罪的问题留给陪审团来裁定吧。 | |
| | 7b | to not try to change the way something is developing or happening 将某事物留给运气／命运决定；听天由命 | | They planned for every possibility and left nothing to chance. 他们为每一种可能都做好了准备，决不靠碰运气。 | |
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| 8 | T often passive to not use something 留出，剩下（某物） |
| I hope you’ ve left enough hot water for me to have a bath. 我希望你留了足够的热水给我洗澡。 |
| How much time is there left? 还剩下多少时间？ |
| have sth left We don’ t have much money left. 我们没有剩下多少钱。 |
| be left over There was some material left over when I’ d finished making the dress. 我做完这条连衣裙后剩了些布料。 |
| | 8a | to not eat or drink something 没吃完，没喝完（某物） | | You’ ve left half your dinner – didn’ t you like it? 你有一半东西没吃，难道你不喜欢？ | | leave sb sth/sth for sb Leave some cake for the rest of us! 留一些蛋糕给我们其余的人吃！ | |
| | 8b | to not use an area of something 留出（一定的区域） | | leave a space/gap Leave plenty of space between you and the car in front. 在你和你前面的汽车之间要留出足够的空间。 | |
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| 9 | T to give something to someone before you go away （离开时）留下（某事物） |
| Leave your pager number with me, and I’ ll call you if there’ s a change. 把你的呼机号码留给我，若情况有变我会呼你。 |
| | 9a | to give something to someone after you die , in a will （去世后）把…留给，遗留 | | leave sth to sb She left her jewels to her favourite niece. 她把她的珠宝留给了她最喜欢的侄女。 | | leave sb sth He left her all his money. 他把他所有的钱都留给了她。 | |
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| 10 | T formal to have close family members who continue to live after you die （去世后）留下（亲人）活在世上 |
| He leaves a wife, a daughter, and three sons. 他遗下妻子、1个女儿和3个儿子。 |
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| 11 | T to make an amount remain after taking some away 剩余；（减去某数后）余数为… |
| 8 minus 5 leaves 3 8减5余3。 |
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| - | leave sb cold
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| to completely fail to interest or attract someone |
| 根本引不起某人的兴趣；根本无法打动某人；根本不能吸引某人 |
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| to fail to solve a difficult situation , or let someone remain in a difficult situation without solving it |
| 使某人依旧处于不利的境地/未能处理某种困难局面 |
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| - | leave sb high and dry
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| to put someone in a very difficult or unpleasant situation that they cannot escape from |
| 把某人置于很不利的境地；令某人非常尴尬 |
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| - | leave it at that
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| to not do anything more about something |
| 就到此为止；别再做什么 |
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| - | leave a lot/much to be desired
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| to be of a very low quality or standard |
| 极不完善；亟需改进 |
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| - | leave no stone unturned
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| to do everything possible to solve a problem or find something out |
| 千方百计，想方设法（解决问题或找出某事物） |
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| - | leave sb/sth standing
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| to be so much better than someone or something that they cannot possibly reach the same standard or level |
| 远远胜过某人/某事物 |
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| - | leave it out BRITISH spoken
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| used for telling someone to stop saying something |
| 住嘴；住口 |
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| - | ˌleave aˈside |
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| | to not consider something because you want to consider something else instead 不考虑（某事物） | Leaving aside the financial implications, do you really believe your proposal will solve our problem? 且不说经费问题，你真的认为你的提议能解决我们的问题吗？ | |
| - | ˌleave beˈhind |
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| 1 | leave sb/sth behind: to increase the distance by which you are ahead of someone or something 把（某人或某事物）落在后面；超过 | The other climbers were fitter and more experienced and I was worried I’ d get left behind. 其他的登山者更健壮也更富有经验，因此我担心自己会被落在后面。 | |
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| 2 | leave sb/sth behind: to improve or progress much faster than someone or something else 比（某人或某事物）改进（或进步）得更快 |
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| 3 | to deliberately forget something , especially something from your past 有意地忘记（某事，尤指往事） | a young woman trying to leave behind a difficult adolescence 一位试图忘却自己难挨的青春期的年轻女子 | |
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| 4 | to not take someone or something with you when you go somewhere 留下 | He had to leave his family behind in Chile. 他只好把他的家人留在了智利。 | | | 4a | leave sth behindto forget to take someone or something with you 遗忘（某人或某物） | | It wasn’ t until she was halfway home that she realized that she’ d left her purse behind. 在回家的半路上，她才意识到自己把钱包落下了。 | | |
| - | ˌleave ˈoff |
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| | to stop doing something 停止（做某事） | I wish he’ d leave off moaning about everything! 我希望他不要对任何事都抱怨个不停！ | |
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| | to not include someone or something 不包括（某人或某事物） | We decided to leave the chapter out of the book altogether. 我们决定把这一章整个从书中删掉。 | | She feels left out because the other children don’ t play with her. 她觉得受了冷落，因为其他孩子都不和她玩。 | |
| | - | leave it out BRITISH spoken
| | for telling someone to stop saying something | | 住嘴；住口 | | | | | |
| Other ways of saying : leave | | | | | | leave的其他表达方式 | | | | go a general word used for talking about leaving a place or situation走，离开（表示离开某个地方或环境的一般用语）: Hurry up, kids, it’ s time to go!快点，孩子们，该走了！They went shortly after lunch.他们吃完午饭后不久就走了。 | | set off to leave a place at the beginning of a journey（行程开始时）出发，动身: We normally have to set off around 8.10 to get there by 9.我们通常得在8点10分左右出发，9点之前到那儿。 | | depart (formal) to leave a place: used especially when talking about types of transport such as planes or trains离开（某个地方）（尤用于提及各种交通方式，如飞机或火车）: Flight BA103 departs London at 13.30.BA103次航班于13∶30飞离伦敦。The train will depart from platform 3.火车将从3站台发车。 | | go away to leave a place in order to go somewhere else, especially if you are taking a holiday离开（尤指要去度假时）: We’ re going away on the 18th for two weeks.我们18号要出门两周。 | | get away to leave a place at a particular time, especially when you need to go somewhere else（尤指要去其他地方时在某个时间）离开，走开: I don’ t think I can get away from the meeting till 4.30.我想我开会要到4∶30才走得开。 | | get going/cracking (informal) to leave a place because you do not have much time（由于时间所剩不多而需要）离开: We ought to get going, the train’ s in half an hour.我们必须走了，火车半小时后就要到了。 | | nip out or pop out BRITISH (informal) to leave a place for a short time, with the intention of coming back暂时离开（之后还要回来）: Should I nip out for a paper?要我出去拿张纸吗？Mr Townshend has just popped out of the office.唐绅德先生刚离开办公室。 | | storm out to leave a place in a way that shows you are angry气冲冲地走开: They stormed out of the negotiations after only half an hour.仅半小时后他们就怒气冲冲地退出了谈判。 | | walk out to leave a job or relationship suddenly and without warning, often because you are angry（常因不满而）突然离职，退席，突然离去: Jessica walked out after a terrible row with her boss.杰西卡和她的老板大吵一顿后愤然辞职。 | | exit (formal) to leave a building or a vehicle through a particular place（经某地方）离开（建筑物或车辆）: Exit through the rear doors, please.请从后门出去。 | | vacate (formal) to leave a place, especially so that other people can use it腾出，空出（地方）: Guests must vacate their rooms before 11 am.客人必须在上午11点之前腾出房间。 | | | |
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