1
- on, towards, or relating to the side of a human body or of a thing which is to the west when the person or thing is facing north左面的, 左边的：
her left eye
她的左眼
the left side of the road
路的左侧
1.1
- denoting the side of something which is in an analogous position左侧：
the left edge of the text.
正文的左侧边缘。
1.2
- on this side from the point of view of a spectator（从观看者角度）左边的。
2
- of or relating to a person or group favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views持激进、改良和社会主义观点的, 左派的：
Left politics.
左翼政治。
ORIGIN: see LEFT WING.
- on or to the left side在左面; 向左：
turn left here
在这里左转
keep left.
保持向左。
1
the left
the left-hand part, side, or direction左面：turn to the left
向左转
(one's left) the general sat to his left.
将军在他的左侧就座。
1.1
- (in football or a similar sport) the left-hand half of the field when facing the opponents' goal（在足球或类似运动中面向对手球门的）左半场：
a free kick from the left.
从左半场发出的任意球。
1.2
- the left wing of an army（军队的）左翼：
a token attack on the Russian left
向俄军左翼发起的象征性进攻
2
- （常作 the Left）[treated as sing. or pl.] a group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views左翼（政党或组织）, 激进力量：
the Left is preparing to fight presidential elections.
左派正在为赢得总统选举做努力。
2.1
- the section of a party or group holding such views more strongly（政党或团体内部的）左派, 激进派：
he is on the left of the party.
他是党内的左派人士。
3
- count noun a thing on the left-hand side or done with the left hand, in particular左部, 左面; 左手做的事, 尤指：
3.1
- a left turn左转：
take a left here.
在这儿左转。
3.2
- a road, entrance, etc. on the left左面的路（或入口等）：
my road's the first left.
我要走的是左面第一条路。
3.3
- a person's left fist, especially a boxer's（尤指拳击运动员的）左拳：
a dazzler with the left.
令人眼花缭乱的左拳。
3.4
- a blow given with this一记左拳：
a left to the body.
击向身体的一记左拳。
短语
have two left feet
- be clumsy or awkward笨手笨脚。
left, right, and centre （亦作 left and right 或 right and left）
- on all sides四面八方：
deals were being done left, right, and center.
与各方都有秘密勾结。
派生词
leftish
adjective词源
Old English lyft， left 'weak' （the left-hand side being regarded as the weaker side of the body）， of West Germanic origin.