| 词组 | leave behind |
| 释义 | 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. |
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