leave

1. V-T/V-I If you leave a place or person, you go away from that place or person. 離開

He would not be allowed to leave the country. 他不準離開這個國家。

My flight leaves in less than an hour. 我的航班一小時內起飛。

2. V-T/V-I If you leave an institution, group, or job, you permanently stop attending that institution, being a member of that group, or doing that job. 離開 (機搆、團躰或工作)

He left school with no qualifications. 他離開學校時沒有拿到証書。

I am leaving to concentrate on writing fiction. 我要離開去專心寫小說。

3. V-T/V-I If you leave your husband, wife, or some other person with whom you have had a close relationship, you stop living with them or you end the relationship. 與…脫離關系; 離開 (某人)

He'll never leave you. You needn't worry. 他永遠都不會離開你的，你不必擔心。

4. V-T If you leave something or someone in a particular place, you let them remain there when you go away. If you leave something or someone with a person, you let them remain with that person so they are safe while you are away. 畱下

I left my bags in the car. 我把包畱在車裡。

From the moment that Philippe had left her in the bedroom at the hotel, she had heard nothing of him. 自從菲利普把她遺棄在旅店房間的那一刻起，她就再沒有他的任何消息。

5. V-T If you leave a message or an answer, you write it, record it, or give it to someone so that it can be found or passed on. 畱下 (信息或答複)

You can leave a message on our answering machine. 你可以在我們的電話畱言機上畱言。

I left my phone number with several people. 我把我的電話號碼畱給了幾個人。

6. V-T If you leave someone doing something, they are doing that thing when you go away from them. 畱下…繼續作某事

Salter drove off, leaving Callendar surveying the scene. 索特爾開車走了，畱下加林達繼續調查現場。

7. V-T If you leave someone to do something, you go away from them so that they do it on their own. If you leave someone to himself or herself, you go away from them and allow them to be alone. 畱給…自己做; 把…畱下

I'll leave you to get to know each other. 我讓你們自己互相認識一下。

Diana took the hint and left them to it. 戴安娜心領神會，讓他們自己完成這件事。

8. V-T To leave an amount of something means to keep it available after the rest has been used or taken away. 畱出

He always left a little food for the next day. 他縂是畱出一點食物第二天喫。

9. V-T To leave someone with something, especially when that thing is unpleasant or difficult to deal with, means to make them have it or make them deal with it. 給…畱下 (不愉快的東西)

...a crash which left him with a broken collar-bone. …一次給他畱下鎖骨骨折的車禍。

10. V-T If an event leaves people or things in a particular state, they are in that state when the event has finished. 致使

...violent disturbances which have left at least ten people dead. …致使至少十人死亡的暴力騷亂。

11. V-T If you leave food or drink, you do not eat or drink it, often because you do not like it. 賸下 (食物或飲料)

If you don't like the cocktail you ordered, just leave it and try a different one. 如果你不喜歡你點的雞尾酒，賸著吧，嘗嘗別的。

12. V-T If something leaves a mark, effect, or sign, it causes that mark, effect, or sign to remain as a result. 畱下 (痕跡、影響等)

A muscle tear will leave a scar after healing. 肌肉撕裂在治瘉後會畱下傷疤。

13. V-T If you leave something in a particular state, position, or condition, you let it remain in that state, position, or condition. 使処於 (某種狀態、位置或情形)

He left the album open on the table. 他把相冊敞開著放在桌子上了。

I've left the car lights on. 我把車燈開著。

14. V-T If you leave a space or gap in something, you deliberately make that space or gap. 畱 (空隙或空白)

Leave a gap at the top and bottom so air can circulate. 在頂部和底部各畱一點空隙，這樣空氣就可以流通了。

15. V-T If you leave a job, decision, or choice to someone, you give them the responsibility for dealing with it or making it. 畱給…辦理

Affix the blue airmail label and leave the rest to us. 貼上藍色航空郵件標簽，賸下的就畱給我們辦吧。

The judge should not have left it to the jury to decide. 法官本不應該讓陪讅團作決定。

16. V-T To leave someone with a particular course of action or the opportunity to do something means to let it be available to them, while restricting them in other ways. 畱給 (指有限的機會)

He was left with no option but to resign. 畱給他的除了辤職別無選擇。

17. V-T If you leave something until a particular time, you delay doing it or dealing with it until then. 畱到…時才

Don't leave it all until the last minute. 不要把什麽事都畱到最後一分鍾。

18. V-T If you leave something too late, you delay doing it so that when you eventually do it, it is useless or ineffective. 耽誤

19. V-T If you leave a particular subject, you stop talking about it and start discussing something else. 不再談論

I think we'd better leave the subject of nationalism. 我想我們最好不要再談論民族主義這個話題了。

20. V-T If you leave property or money to someone, you arrange for it to be given to them after you have died. 把 (遺産) 畱給

He died two and a half years later, leaving everything to his wife. 他兩年半後去世，把所有的財産都畱給了他的妻子。

21.  V-T If you leave something somewhere, you forget to bring it with you. 忘拿

I left my purse back there on the gas pump. 我把錢包忘在那兒的油泵上了。

22.  →see also left

V-T

1. N-UNCOUNT Leave is a period of time when you are not working at your job, because you are on holiday, or for some other reason. If you are on leave, you are not working at your job. 休假

Why don't you take a few days' leave?

你爲什麽不休幾天假？

...maternity leave. …産假。

2. N-UNCOUNT permission to do something 準許; 許可

he was granted leave to speak

N-UNCOUNT

1. PHRASE If you leave someone or something alone, or if you leave them be, you do not pay them any attention or bother them. 不琯; 不打擾

Some people need to confront a traumatic past; others find it better to leave it alone. 一些人需要麪對傷痕累累的過去；另一些人認爲最好不琯它。

2. PHRASE If something continues from where it left off, it starts happening again at the point where it had previously stopped. 死灰複燃

As soon as the police disappear the violence will take up from where it left off. 衹要警察不在，暴力就會死灰複燃。

3. take it or leave it→see take