| 词组 | leave |
| 释义 | leave [left, left, leaving] leave aside leave aside sth • leave sth aside to not consider or talk about a particular subject immediately, so that you can consider something else first: ▪ Let's leave aside the question of cost - which computer would be the best one for us to buy? leaving aside sth/leaving sth aside (=not including something) ▪ Leaving aside alcohol and tobacco, prices rose only two percent last year. ■ SIMILAR TO: ignore, disregard formal leave behind 1. leave sth/sb behind to not take something or someone with you when you leave or go to a place, either because you forgot to take them or because you left them there deliberately: ▪ I think I left my credit card behind at the restaurant. ▪ Make sure you don't leave anything behind in your hotel room. ▪ Environmental campaigners want shoppers to leave their cars behind and use public transport instead. ▪ My wife refuses to be left behind when I go on business trips abroad. 2. leave behind sth/leave sth behind you to cause a particular situation to exist after leaving a place or position or power: ▪ The hurricane swept through the islands, leaving behind a trail of destruction ▪ The previous government left a huge budget deficit behind them. 3. leave sth behind/leave sth behind you to no longer be affected by a situation, attitude, or system, especially one that has prevented you from making progress or being successful: ▪ I felt very bitter after the divorce, but I've left all that behind now. ▪ democratic societies trying to leave communism behind them 4. leave sb/sth behind • leave behind sb/sth if you leave behind your family or possessions when you die, they remain after you have died: ▪ Captain Morgan was killed in a tragic accident today. He leaves behind his wife, Anna, and their two sons, Chris and Matthew. ▪ The band has recorded "Free as a Bird", using vocal tracks left behind by the late John Lennon. 5. leave sb behind • leave behind sb to make progress much more quickly than someone else: ▪ The Eastern European countries put on a stunning performance at the games - they left the rest of the world behind. be/get left behind ▪ I don't want to miss any of the classes or I'll get left behind. 6. leave sth behind • leave behind sth if a substance is left behind as the result of a process, it remains or is the result of the process after it has finished: ▪ When the liquid is heated, the water evaporates, leaving the salts behind. leave off 1. leave off sth • leave off to stop doing something leave off doing sth especially BrE ▪ He left off kicking the youth and started going through his pockets. start/begin etc where sb/sth leaves off (=start from the point where someone stopped before, or start from the point where a story ended before) ▪ Her second novel begins where her first one left off. ▪ The computer saves the game so you can start where you left off. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stop 2. leave off! spoken informal, especially BrE used to tell someone to stop doing something, especially when they are annoying you: ▪ Leave off, Sethe - you're hurting me! ■ SIMILAR TO: give over! BrE informal, cut it out!/cut that out! spoken informal leave out 1. leave out sb/sth • leave sth/sb out to not include someone or something, either deliberately or accidentally: ▪ You've left out a zero in this phone number. ▪ Right at the end of the exam, I realized I'd left out something important. + of ▪ Fans were shocked that Giggs had been left out of the team. ■ SIMILAR TO: omit, exclude 2. feel left out to feel as if you are not accepted or welcome in a group of people: ▪ Everyone seemed to know each other at the club and I felt really left out. 3. leave it out! BrE spoken informal used to tell someone that you do not believe what they have just said: ▪ "I love you, I didn't mean to hurt you." "Oh, leave it out, Mick - I've heard it all before!" ■ SIMILAR TO: come off it! spoken informal, knock it off informal be left over 1. be left over if something such as money or food is left over, you still have some after you have used or eaten as much as you need: ▪ After we've paid the bills there's never any money left over at the end of the month. + from ▪ Dan made a sandwich with some cold chicken left over from lunch. leftovers n plural food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal: ▪ Shall I throw away the leftovers, or do you want to use them for something else? leftover adj always before noun leftover food is food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal: ▪ Here are some great recipes for ways to use leftover turkey. 2. be left over if a thing, belief, or habit is left over from the past, it still exists, although the situation that caused it has changed + from ▪ Kay was standing near a huge puddle left over from that morning's summer storm. ▪ He keeps his hair very short - a habit left over from his days in the army. leftover n C something that remains from an earlier time, although the situation that caused it has changed: ▪ The restaurant's name - The Old Mill - is a leftover from the days when flour was produced here. leave to 1. leave sb to sth spoken to go away and let someone continue what they are doing, without interrupting them: ▪ I'll leave you to your meal and call again at a more convenient time. leave sb to it ▪ The meeting still hadn't finished by 7 o'clock, so we left them to it and went for a drink. ▪ "I'll be finished in an hour." "Right. I'll leave you to it - see you later." 2. leave sth to sb to give something to someone after you die: ▪ She left the house to her son, but all her money went to the Church. leave to/leave up to leave sth to sb • leave sth up to sb spoken to let someone decide and be responsible for something without trying to influence them: ▪ "What colour shall we paint this room?" "I'll leave that up to you," Jasper said. leave it (up) to sb (to do sth) ▪ Don't worry about the computer; leave it to me, I'll get it fixed. ▪ Most patients will leave it up to the doctor to decide what's best. |
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