- [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? 您什么时候要上班? - 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了房子。 The whole family was forced to leave the country. 全家人被迫离开该国。
Extra ExamplesYou want Chris? Sorry, he's just left. 你要克里斯吗?抱歉,他才离开。 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. 这里不欢迎您。你先走吧 I wanted to leave but they wouldn't let me. 我想走,但他们不让。 The bus leaves at 8.30. 公交车在8.30发车。 The train was just leaving the station. 火车正要离开车站。 I heard his car leaving the driveway. 我听到他的车离开车道。 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. 我到那儿的时候,他们已经回家了。 You should have left for school by now. 您现在应该已经上学了。 I never leave the house without my phone. 我永远不会没有我的电话离开家。 He left home around 8 this morning. 他今天早上八点左右离开家。 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. 他们记录每个人进出房屋的记录。 I'm sorry, he's already left the office. 对不起,他已经离开办公室了。 She was injured and left the field. 她受伤了,离开了田野。 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. 如果我们现在离开,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. 她拒绝离开,直到她与一名军官交谈。 It looked as though they had left in a hurry. 他们好像匆匆离开了。 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
- [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. 我的助手正以辞职相要挟。 - 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岁离开学校。 - (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了城镇。 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. 人们前往其他地方获得高薪工作。 - leave something for something
Many of her relatives had left Ireland for America. 她的许多亲戚已离开爱尔兰前往美国。
Extra ExamplesHe 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,开始自由职业。 I worked in Hong Kong after I left university. 我离开大学后在香港工作。 Her youngest child has just left college. 她最小的孩子刚刚离开大学。 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. 他们离开国外到新的生活。 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
- [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. 如果您不知道真相,我担心您会离开。 - leave somebody
I'll never leave you. 我永远不会离开你。
- leave somebody for somebody
She left him for a colleague. 她离开他去找同事。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1He's been depressed since his wife left. 自从妻子离开后,他一直感到沮丧。 His father left his mother when he was just two years old. 父亲两岁时就离开了母亲。 His girlfriend was threatening to leave him. 他的女友扬言要离开他。 I'm sorry, George, I'm leaving you. 对不起,乔治,我要离开你。 He promised he would leave his wife for her. 他答应将妻子留给她。 My fiance left me for someone else. 我的未婚夫把我留给别人了。 She's leaving him for another man. 她要抛弃他去跟另一个男人。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + leave- decide to
- intend to
- plan to
- …
- for
- [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. 我必须回去-我已经离开外套了。 They left the children and went out for the evening. 他们离开了孩子们,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 ExamplesIs there somewhere we can leave our luggage? 有什么地方可以放行李吗? 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-我把手机留在楼上。 I stupidly left my passport at home. 我愚蠢地把护照留在家中。 The lost property office is full of belongings people have left on trains. 失物招领处到处都是人们遗留在火车上的财物。 You'll have to leave your dog outside. 您必须将狗留在外面。 She left her little brother in the park and came home by herself. 她把她的弟弟留在公园,一个人回家。 What shall we do with the baby? We can't leave him. 我们该怎么办?我们不能离开他。 They were charged with neglect after leaving their children to go on holiday. 他们让孩子去度假后,他们被指控疏忽大意。 He's old enough to be left for the evening. 他已经大到可以留在晚上了。
- leave something/somebody
- [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. 他的帮助使她可以自由地专注于研究。 - 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. 我们感到非常失望。 - 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. 他吃了蔬菜但丢了鸡。
Extra ExamplesThe treatment had left her vulnerable to infection. 治疗使她容易感染。 He had left his food untouched. 他保持食物不变。 The experience left them shaken, but unharmed. 经历使他们动摇了,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. 作家让我们自由地想象我们故事的结局。 We were left in no doubt who was really to blame. 毫无疑问,我们到底应该责怪谁。 They were left without power for two days after storms blew down cables. 暴风雨炸毁电缆后,他们停电了两天。 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,就像他还活着的时候一样。 They left me standing there like an idiot while they argued. 他们吵架时,他们像傻瓜一样把我留在那里。 I was left wondering what had really happened. 我只是想知道到底发生了什么。 Don't leave your stuff lying around. 不要把你的东西摆在身边。 Remove the pan from the heat and leave it to cool down. 将锅从火上移开,使其冷却。 I'll leave you to enjoy your book. 我会让你去欣赏你的书。 We left them to have some time alone. 我们留给他们一些时间。
- leave somebody/something + adj.
- 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. 他花光了所有的钱,一无所有。 You still have a few minutes left. 您还剩几分钟。 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. 旧城区只剩下很少的东西。 - 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 ExamplesAre there any cookies left? 有剩下的曲奇饼吗? There's no time left. We have to decide now. 没有时间了。我们现在必须决定。 If there's any left, I'll use it to make soup. 如果有剩菜,我会用它来做汤。 There's no water left in the jug. 水壶里没有水了。 If you have a few minutes left at the end, use them to check your work. 如果最后还有几分钟的时间,请使用它们来检查您的工作。 I've still got a few presents left to buy. 我还有一些礼物可以买。 There are 85 days left until the games begin. 距比赛开始还有85天。 There's only a year left until I finish university. 离我完成大学只有一年的时间。 By the time we'd finished, there wasn't a lot left to spend. 到我们完成时,已经没有多少钱可花了。 I'm sorry, we haven't got any of the blue ones left. 抱歉,我们还没有剩下蓝色的东西。 As the hurricane blew over, people returned to what was left of their homes. 随着飓风的吹拂,人们回到了自己的家园。 He tried to brush what was left of his hair across his scalp. 他试图在头皮上梳理剩下的头发。 The company is trying to salvage what's left of its reputation. 该公司正试图挽救其声誉所剩无几。 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. 他们认为剩下的唯一途径就是法律诉讼。
- [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稍后添加结果。 They've left a space here where you can put your name. 他们在这里留下了一个空格,您可以在其中放置您的名字。 - leave somebody with something
She left me with the impression that she was unhappy. 她给我留下了不开心的印象。 - leave somebody something
I'm afraid you leave me no choice. 恐怕你没有给我选择的余地。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesThe storm left a trail of destruction. 暴风雨留下了毁灭的痕迹。 First experiences leave lasting impressions. 初次体验会留下持久的印象。 The incident left its mark on all of us. 这件事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. 这不会留下太多的错误空间。 The film leaves you with the desire to find out more. 这部电影让您渴望了解更多。 I was left with the feeling that I'd done something wrong. 我感到自己做错了什么。 You haven't left me much room for manoeuvre. 您没有给我留出太多的回旋余地。 I've left you some space on the shelf for your books. 我已经在书架上给您留了一些空间。 We try to leave people a positive impression. 我们试图给人们留下积极的印象。 She left them no option but to fire her. 她别无选择,只能解雇她。
- leave something
- [transitive]
to deliver, write or record something to be seen or heard later 递送;递交;投递 - leave something
Lots of people had left comments under the post. 许多人在该帖子下发表了评论。 Someone called, but they didn't leave a message. 有人打电话,但他们没有留言。 - 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 ExamplesLeave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. 留言,我们将尽快与您联系。 She disappeared without leaving a note. 她不留痕迹就消失了。 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'. 他在门上留下一个标语,上面写着“去钓鱼了”。 She had left a little note inside the package. 她在包裹里留了一点便条。 Somebody left you some flowers. 有人给你留了花。 Perhaps this mess was their way of leaving us a message. 也许这个烂摊子是他们给我们留言的方式。 I left myself a note to get more coffee. 我给自己留了张纸条,想喝点咖啡。 She leaves herself little reminders all over the house. 她在整个房子里几乎没有任何提醒。
- leave something
- [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. 让我们将该主题再留一天。
Extra ExamplesI'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。 If you find a question difficult, leave it and come back to it. 如果您发现一个难题很困难,请离开并重新讨论。 Leave it! It's not worth bothering with! 别管它!这不值得打扰! We all know we shouldn't leave essays until the night before they're due. 我们都知道,我们不应该在论文到期的前一天晚上才发表论文。 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. 好的,让我们暂时不在此进行讨论。 He decided to leave the washing-up for later. 他决定将洗碗液留待以后使用。 We can leave that issue for next week. 我们可以将该问题留在下周。
- leave something
- [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). 他们没有任何机会。 - 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? 我可以离开你锁商店吗? I was left to cope on my own. 就剩下我一个人来单独对付。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesHe leaves most of the important decisions to his wife. 他把大部分重要决定留给了妻子。 Stop analysing everybody! Leave that to the psychologists! 停止分析所有人!留给心理学家! If you leave it with me, I'll get back to you within a day or two. 如果您把它留给我,我会在一两天内回复您。 I left the problem with Gina to sort out. 我把问题留给了吉娜来解决。 He has fun baking with the kids and I'm left with all the mess to clean up. 他和孩子们一起烤东西很开心,剩下的一切我都清理了。 I left him with the boxes to pack. 我把装满箱子的东西留给他了。 I'll leave you to finish this when you have time. 有空的话,我会留给您完成。 We left them to keep an eye on the house while we were away. 我们离开时,他们留给他们看房子。
- leave something to somebody/something
- [transitive]
to give something to somebody when you die synonym bequeath(去世时)遗赠,遗留 - leave something
He left a large estate. 他离开了一个大庄园。 - 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 ExamplesHe 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. 她把一切都捐给了慈善机构。 Her father's will left everything to her brothers. 父亲的遗嘱将一切留给了兄弟们。 She promised she would leave the house to me. 她答应将房子给我。 Her grandfather left her some stocks and shares. 她的祖父给了她一些股份。 She died and left me nothing. 她死了,我一无所有。 I'll leave you the ring when I die. 我死的时候我会留下你的指环。 I'll leave it to you when I die. 我死的时候留给你
- leave something
- [transitive] leave somebody
to have family who continue to live after your death 遗下(家人) - [transitive] leave something
to have a particular amount left over 剩余;余下
place/person地方;人
home/job/school家;工作;学校
partner
somebody/something in place/condition
deliver递送
something to do later以后要做的事
responsibility to somebody留给某人的责任
after death死后
mathematics数学
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 递送;递交;投递 I didn’t know anyone in New York, so I was left to myself to explore. 我在纽约不认识任何人,所以我自己去探索。
to be allowed to do what you want 把…留交;交托;委托 Left to himself, the dog will eat anything and everything. 任由自己,狗会吃任何东西。
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 Topics Opinion and argumentc2可有可无;无所谓;无偏好
leave somebody be
- (informal)
to stop annoying somebody or trying to get their attention synonym leave/let somebody alone松手;撒手;放开 Why can’t you stop texting me and just leave me be? 为什么你不能停止发短信给我,让我离开呢?
leave go (of something)
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