词汇 | let off |
释义 | let off [phrasal verb] 1 let (someone) off or let off (someone) : to allow (someone) to get off a bus, an airplane, etc.让…下(车、飞机等) Could you let me off (the bus) at the next stop, please?请你让我在下一站下车,可以吗? The bus stopped to let off a few passengers.公共汽车停下,让几名乘客下了车。 2 let (someone) off : to allow (someone who has been caught doing something wrong or illegal) to go without being punished不惩罚;放过;宽恕 The police officer let her off with just a warning.警官只是警告了她就把她放了。 They let him off easy/easily/lightly, if you ask me. [=I do not think he was punished as severely as he could/should have been]依我看,他们轻易放过了他。 — often used in the phrase let (someone) off the hook常用于短语let (someone) off the hook If you ask me, they let him off the hook too easily.依我看,他们太轻易就让他逃过了惩罚。 3 let off (something) : to cause (something) to explode or to be released in a forceful way引爆;释放 let off [=set off] a firecracker燃放爆竹 let off pressure释放压力 — see also let off (some) steam at 1steam let |
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