leave

verb

地方；人 place/person

1. 离开（某人或某处）
   to go away from a person or a place
   1. Come on, it's time we left.
      快点，我们该走了。
   2. The plane leaves for Dallas at 12.35.
      飞机于12:35起飞前往达拉斯。
   3. I hate leaving home.
      我讨厌离开家。
   4. The plane leaves Heathrow at 12.35.
      飞机于12:35在希思罗机场起飞。

家；工作；学校 home/job/school

2. 离开居住地点（或群体、工作单位等）
   to stop living at a place, belonging to a group, working for an employer, etc.
   1. My secretary has threatened to leave.
      我的秘书以辞职相要挟。
   2. Some children leave school at 16.
      有些学生16岁就离校了。

妻子；丈夫 wife/husband

3. 遗弃；丢弃
   to leave your wife, husband or partner permanently
   1. She's leaving him for another man.
      她要抛弃他去跟另一个男人。

以后要做的事 sth to do later

4. 不立刻做；不马上处理
   to not do sth or deal with sth immediately
   1. Leave the dishes─I'll do them later.
      盘子先搁着吧，我等会儿再洗。
   2. 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？

处于某种状态；在某地方 sb/sth in condition/place

5. 使保留，让…处于（某种状态、某地等）
   to make or allow sb/sth to remain in a particular condition, place, etc.
   1. Leave the door open, please.
      请把门开着吧。
   2. The bomb blast left 25 people dead.
      那颗炸弹炸死了25个人。
   3. Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain.
      别让她在外边雨里等着。
   4. Leave the rice to cook for 20 minutes.
      把大米煮20分钟。
6. 使发生；造成，使留下为（某种结果）
   to make sth happen or remain as a result
   1. Red wine leaves a stain.
      红葡萄酒会留下污渍。
   2. She left me with the impression that she was unhappy with her job.
      她给我的印象是她不满意自己的工作。
   3. I'm afraid you leave me no choice.
      恐怕你没给我留下选择的余地。
7. 留下备用（或销售等）
   to remain to be used, sold, etc.
   1. Is there any coffee left?
      还有咖啡剩下吗？
   2. How many tickets do you have left?
      剩下的票你还有多少张？
   3. 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。
   4. The only course of action left to me was to notify her employer.
      我可能采取的唯一措施就是通知她的雇主。
8. 忘了带；丢下
   to go away from a place without taking sth/sb with you
   1. I've left my bag on the bus.
      我把包丢在公共汽车上了。
   2. Don't leave any of your belongings behind.
      别忘了带上自己的随身物品。
   3. 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。

数学 mathematics

9. 剩余；余下
   to have a particular amount remaining
   1. Seven from ten leaves three.
      10减7得3。

死后 after death

10. 遗下（家人）
    to have family remaining after your death
    1. He leaves a wife and two children.
       他遗下妻子和两个孩子。
11. （去世时）遗赠，遗留
    to give sth to sb when you die
    1. She left £1 million to her daughter.
       她遗留给女儿100万英镑。
    2. She left her daughter £1 million.
       她遗留给女儿100万英镑。

留给某人的责任 responsibility to sb

12. 把…留交；交托；委托
    to allow sb to take care of sth
    1. You can leave the cooking to me.
       你可以把做饭的事交给我。
    2. She left her assistant in charge.
       她委托助手来负责。
    3. Leave it with me ─I'm sure I can sort it out.
       把这事留给我吧——我一定会解决的。
    4. ‘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。”
    5. They left me with all the clearing up.
       他们把什么都留给我来收拾。
    6. I was left to cope on my own.
       就剩下我一个人来单独对付。

递送 deliver

13. 递送；递交；投递
    to deliver sth and then go away
    1. Someone left this note for you.
       有人给你送来了这张便条。
    2. Someone left you this note.
       有人给你送来了这张便条。

noun

1. 假期；休假
   a period of time when you are allowed to be away from work for a holiday/vacation or for a special reason
   1. to take a month's paid/unpaid leave
      带薪 / 不带薪休假一个月
   2. soldiers home on leave
      回家休假的士兵
   3. to be on maternity/study leave
      休产假；脱产进修
   4. How much annual leave do you get?
      你们的年假有多长？
2. 准许；许可
   official permission to do sth
   1. to be absent without leave
      未经许可擅自缺席
   2. The court granted him leave to appeal against the sentence.
      法庭准许他对判决提出上诉。
   3. She asked for leave of absence (= permission to be away from work) to attend a funeral.
      她请了假去参加葬礼。

1. VERB 离开（某处或某人）
   If you leave a place or person, you go away from that place or person.
   1. He would not be allowed to leave the country...
      他可能会被禁止离开该国。
   2. I simply couldn't bear to leave my little girl...
      我就是受不了要离开我的小女儿。
   3. My flight leaves in less than an hour...
      我乘坐的航班一小时内起飞。
   4. The last of the older children had left for school.
      年龄较大的几个孩子中，最后一个也已经上学去了。
2. VERB 脱离；退出；辞去
   If you leave an institution, group, or job, you permanently stop attending that institution, being a member of that group, or doing that job.
   1. He left school with no qualifications...
      他没有获得任何学历证书便离开了学校。
   2. I am leaving to concentrate on writing fiction.
      我辞职是为了专心写小说。
   3. ...a leaving present.
      告别礼物
3. VERB 抛下，离弃（配偶）；离开（关系亲密的人）
   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 finish the relationship.
   1. He'll never leave you. You need have no worry...
      他不会离开你的，你不用担心。
   2. I would be insanely jealous if Bill left me for another woman.
      要是比尔为了别的女人离开我，我会醋意大发。
4. VERB 放下；丢下；把…交给
   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.
   1. I left my bags in the car...
      我把包放在车里了。
   2. Don't leave your truck there...
      别把货车停在那儿。
   3. From the moment that Philippe had left her in the bedroom at the hotel, she had heard nothing of him...
      自菲利普把她独自丢在酒店房间后，她就再也没有听到他的消息了。
   4. Leave your key with a neighbour in case you lock yourself out one day.
      给邻居留把钥匙，以防有朝一日把自己反锁在外面。
5. VERB 留（信息、口信）
   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.
   1. You can leave a message on our answering machine...
      您可以在我们的答录机上留言。
   2. Decide whether the ball is in square A, B, C, or D, then call and leave your answer...
      选定球放在A、B、C、D哪个方格，然后打电话来，留下您的答案。
   3. I left my phone number with several people.
      我把电话号码留给了几个人。
6. VERB 剩下，留下（某人做某事）
   If you leave someone doing something, they are doing that thing when you go away from them.
   1. Salter drove off, leaving Callendar surveying the scene.
      索尔特开车走了，剩下卡伦德勘查现场。
7. VERB 听任（某人做某事）；听（某人）自便
   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.
   1. I'd better leave you to get on with it, then...
      那我还是让你一个人接着干吧。
   2. Diana took the hint and left them to it...
      戴安娜会意，任由他们自己去解决。
   3. One of the advantages of a department store is that you are left to yourself to try things on...
      逛百货公司的其中一个优势是顾客可自行试穿衣服。
   4. He quietly slipped away and left me to my tears.
      他悄悄溜走了，独剩我一人落泪。
8. VERB 留出（一定的量）备用
   To leave an amount of something means to keep it available after the rest has been used or taken away.
   1. He always left a little food for the next day...
      他总是留下一点儿食物第二天吃。
   2. Double rooms at any of the following hotels should leave you some change from £150.
      以下任何一间酒店的双人房价格都不到150英镑。
9. （数目相减后）剩余，余下
   If you take one number away from another, you can say that it leaves the number that remains. For example, five take away two leaves three.
10. VERB （尤指把令人不快或困难的事）留给，扔给（某人）
    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 responsible for it.
    1. ...a crash which left him with a broken collarbone...
       造成他锁骨骨折的车祸
    2. He left me with a child to support.
       他扔下我独自拉扯一个孩子。
11. VERB 招致；造成
    If an event leaves people or things in a particular state, they are in that state when the event has finished.
    1. ...violent disturbances which have left at least ten people dead...
       造成至少10人死亡的暴乱
    2. The documentary left me in a state of shock...
       那部纪录片使我大为震惊。
    3. So where does that leave me?
       那么我的境况又会如何呢？
12. VERB （常指因不喜欢而）不碰（食物或饮料）
    If you leave food or drink, you do not eat or drink it, often because you do not like it.
    1. If you don't like the cocktail you ordered, just leave it and try a different one.
       你要是不喜欢你要的鸡尾酒，就别喝了，要点别的吧。
13. VERB 留下（痕迹、影响等）
    If something leaves a mark, effect, or sign, it causes that mark, effect, or sign to remain as a result.
    1. A muscle tear will leave a scar after healing...
       肌肉撕裂复原后会留下疤痕。
    2. She left a lasting impression on him.
       她给他留下了难以忘怀的印象。
14. VERB 使处于（某个状态或位置）
    If you leave something in a particular state, position, or condition, you let it remain in that state, position, or condition.
    1. He left the album open on the table...
       他把相册摊在桌上没收。
    2. I've left the car lights on...
       我没把车灯关掉。
    3. I left the engine running.
       我动机一直开着。
15. VERB （有意）留出（空间）
    If you leave a space or gap in something, you deliberately make that space or gap.
    1. Leave a gap at the top and bottom so air can circulate.
       上下各留一个口子通风。
16. VERB 把（工作）交托；把（决定或选择权）留交
    If you leave a job, decision, or choice to someone, you give them the responsibility for dealing with it or making it.
    1. Affix the blue airmail label and leave the rest to us...
       贴上蓝色的空邮标签，其余的事情交给我们。
    2. The judge should not have left it to the jury to decide...
       法官本不该把案子交给陪审团来裁定。
    3. For the moment, I leave you to take all decisions.
       我把决定权暂时全交给你。
17. VERB （安排、协议等很大程度上）视乎，取决于
    If you say that something such as an arrangement or an agreement leaves a lot to another thing or person, you are critical of it because it is not adequate and its success depends on the other thing or person.
    1. The ceasefire leaves a lot to the goodwill of the forces involved...
       停火协议的执行很大程度取决于各方武装力量的意愿。
    2. It's a vague formulation that leaves much to the discretion of local authorities.
       这只是个模糊的构想，许多方面还要由地方当局来定夺。
18. VERB 限制（某人于某一行动或机会）
    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.
    1. This left me only one possible course of action...
       这样我只有一条路可走。
    2. He was left with no option but to resign.
       他除了辞职外别无选择。
19. VERB 搁延（至某一时刻）
    If you leave something until a particular time, you delay doing it or dealing with it until then.
    1. Don't leave it all until the last minute.
       不要把什么都拖到最后一分钟。
20. VERB 搁下，转换（话题）
    If you leave a particular subject, you stop talking about it and start discussing something else.
    1. I think we'd better leave the subject of Nationalism...
       我看我们最好还是搁下民族主义这个话题吧。
    2. He suggested we get together for a drink sometime. I said I'd like that, and we left it there.
       他建议我们找个时间出来喝一杯。我说好，然后我们就换了个话题。
21. VERB （死后）遗留
    If you leave property or money to someone, you arrange for it to be given to them after you have died.
    1. He died two and a half years later, leaving everything to his wife.
       他于两年半后去世，把所有遗产都留给了妻子。
22. VERB （身后）留下（配偶或孩子）
    If you say that someone leaves a wife, husband, or a particular number of children, you mean that the wife, husband, or children remain alive after that person has died.
    1. It is for his humanity as much as his music that his numerous friends and pupils will remember him. He leaves a wife, son and daughter.
       他的仁爱精神，以及他的音乐，都将长留在无数友人和学生的记忆里。他身后遗下妻子和一对儿女。
23. N-UNCOUNT 假期；休假
    Leave is a period of time when you are not working at your job, because you are on holiday or vacation, or for some other reason. If you are on leave, you are not working at your job.
    1. Why don't you take a few days' leave?
       你为什么不休几天假？
    2. ...maternity leave...
       产假
    3. He is home on leave from the Navy.
       他从海军部队休假回到家里。
24. N-UNCOUNT 准许；许可
    If you ask for leave to do something, you ask for permission to do it.
    1. ...an application for leave to appeal against the judge's order.
       不服法官指令的上诉申请
25. See also: left
26. PHRASE 听…自便；随…去；不打扰
    If you leave someone or something alone, or if you leave them be, you do not pay them any attention or bother them.
    1. Some people need to confront a traumatic past; others find it better to leave it alone...
       有人需要直面过去的创伤，有人则觉得不去想它为妙。
    2. Why can't you leave him be?
       你就不能不管他？
27. PREP-PHRASE 姑莫论；搁置一旁
    You use leaving aside or leaving to one side when mentioning a fact or detail that you want to ignore when making a general statement.
    1. Leaving aside the question of privacy, constant surveillance can be remarkably convenient.
       如果不去管隐私问题的话，实施不间断监视其实是非常便利的。
28. PHRASE 告别；辞别
    When you take your leave or take leave of someone, you say goodbye and go.
    1. He thanked them for the pleasure of their company and took his leave.
       他感谢他们的愉快陪伴，然后道别走了。
29. PHRASE 不要弄巧成拙；不要没事找事
    If someone tells you to leave well alone, they are telling you not to interfere in something, because it is all right as it is and you might only make it worse.
    1. He knew when to leave well alone and when to interfere.
       他知道什么时候该适可而止，什么时候该插手干预。
30. PHRASE （从…）中断之处，停止之处
    If something continues from where it left off, it starts happening again at the point where it had previously stopped.
    1. As soon as the police disappear the violence will take up from where it left off.
       警察一走，暴力事件就会死灰复燃。
31. to leave a lot to be desired → see: desire

1. He would not be allowed to leave the country
   他可能会被禁止离开该国。
2. I simply couldn't bear to leave my little girl
   我就是受不了要离开我的小女儿。
3. My flight leaves in less than an hour
   我乘坐的航班一小时内起飞。
4. The last of the older children had left for school.
   年龄较大的几个孩子中，最后一个也已经上学去了。
5. He left school with no qualifications
   他没有获得任何学历证书便离开了学校。
6. He'll never leave you. You need have no worry
   他不会离开你的，你不用担心。
7. I left my bags in the car
   我把包放在车里了。
8. You can leave a message on our answering machine
   您可以在我们的答录机上留言。
9. Salter drove off, leaving Callendar surveying the scene.
   索尔特开车走了，剩下卡伦德勘查现场。
10. I'd better leave you to get on with it, then
    那我还是让你一个人接着干吧。
11. He always left a little food for the next day
    他总是留下一点儿食物第二天吃。
12. He left me with a child to support.
    他扔下我独自拉扯一个孩子。
13. The documentary left me in a state of shock
    那部纪录片使我大为震惊。
14. If you don't like the cocktail you ordered, just leave it and try a different one.
    你要是不喜欢你要的鸡尾酒，就别喝了，要点别的吧。
15. A muscle tear will leave a scar after healing
    肌肉撕裂复原后会留下疤痕。
16. He left the album open on the table
    他把相册摊在桌上没收。
17. Leave a gap at the top and bottom so air can circulate.
    上下各留一个口子通风。
18. Affix the blue airmail label and leave the rest to us
    贴上蓝色的空邮标签，其余的事情交给我们。
19. The ceasefire leaves a lot to the goodwill of the forces involved
    停火协议的执行很大程度取决于各方武装力量的意愿。
20. This left me only one possible course of action
    这样我只有一条路可走。
21. Don't leave it all until the last minute.
    不要把什么都拖到最后一分钟。
22. I think we'd better leave the subject of Nationalism
    我看我们最好还是搁下民族主义这个话题吧。
23. He died two and a half years later, leaving everything to his wife.
    他于两年半后去世，把所有遗产都留给了妻子。
24. It is for his humanity as much as his music that his numerous friends and pupils will remember him. He leaves a wife, son and daughter.
    他的仁爱精神，以及他的音乐，都将长留在无数友人和学生的记忆里。他身后遗下妻子和一对儿女。
25. Why don't you take a few days 'leave?
    你为什么不休几天假？
26. Some people need to confront a traumatic past; others find it better to leave it alone
    有人需要直面过去的创伤，有人则觉得不去想它为妙。
27. Leaving aside the question of privacy, constant surveillance can be remarkably convenient.
    如果不去管隐私问题的话，实施不间断监视其实是非常便利的。
28. He thanked them for the pleasure of their company and took his leave.
    他感谢他们的愉快陪伴，然后道别走了。
29. He knew when to leave well alone and when to interfere.
    他知道什么时候该适可而止，什么时候该插手干预。
30. As soon as the police disappear the violence will take up from where it left off.
    警察一走，暴力事件就会死灰复燃。

  go leave【导航词义：离开】

  go v. 去，离开

〔辨析〕最普通用词，指离开目前所在或所住之地。

  leave v. 离开，出发

〔辨析〕指离开某处或某人。

  holiday leave vacation【导航词义：假期】

  holiday n. 〈英〉假日，假期

〔辨析〕通常指不用上班、上学的一段时间，也可指一两天的短假期。

  leave n. 假期，假日

〔辨析〕指得到批准的请假，尤指军人的休假。

  vacation n. 〈尤美〉假期，休假

〔辨析〕在英国通常指大学的寒暑假或法庭的休庭期，在美国可指任何假期。

leave sth↔aside

1. 不予考虑；搁置一边
   to not consider sth

leave sb/sth behind

1. 比…取得好得多的进展；把…抛在后面；超过
   to make much better progress than sb
2. 永久离开（某人、某地或某国）
   to leave a person, place or state permanently
   1. My secretary has threatened to leave.
      我的秘书以辞职相要挟。
   2. Some children leave school at 16.
      有些学生16岁就离校了。

leave off

1. 停止（做某事）；中断
   to stop doing sth
   1. She's leaving him for another man.
      她要抛弃他去跟另一个男人。

leave sb/sth↔off (sth)

1. 不把…列入；不包括；不含
   to not include sb/sth on a list, etc.
   1. Leave the dishes─I'll do them later.
      盘子先搁着吧，我等会儿再洗。
   2. 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 sb/sth out (of sth)

1. 不包括；不提及
   to not include or mention sb/sth in sth
   1. Leave the door open, please.
      请把门开着吧。
   2. The bomb blast left 25 people dead.
      那颗炸弹炸死了25个人。
   3. Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain.
      别让她在外边雨里等着。
   4. Leave the rice to cook for 20 minutes.
      把大米煮20分钟。

be left over (from sth)

1. 剩下；残留
   to remain when all that is needed has been used
   1. Is there any coffee left?
      还有咖啡剩下吗？
   2. How many tickets do you have left?
      剩下的票你还有多少张？
   3. 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。
   4. The only course of action left to me was to notify her employer.
      我可能采取的唯一措施就是通知她的雇主。

v.

leave go (of sth)

• 松手；撒手；放开
  to stop holding on to sth
  1. Leave go of my arm─you're hurting me!
     放开我的手臂——你把我弄痛了！

leave it at that

• 别再说了；到此为止；就这样算了
  to say or do nothing more about sth
  1. We'll never agree, so let's just leave it at that.
     咱们不可能意见一致，所以这事就这样吧。

leave it out

• （让人停止做某事）行啦，就这样吧
  used to tell sb to stop doing sth

sb can take it or leave it

sb can take it or leave it

n.

by/with your leave

• 如蒙您允许的话；承蒙俯允
  with your permission

take leave of your senses

• 丧失理智；发疯
  to start behaving as if you are crazy

take (your) leave (of sb)

• 告辞；辞别
  to say goodbye
  1. With a nod and a smile, she took leave of her friends.
     她点头微笑着向朋友告辞。

without a by your leave; without so much as a by your leave

• 擅自；未经许可；粗鲁地；无礼地
  without asking permission; rudely

beg leave to do sth

• 请求准许做某事
  to ask sb for permission to do sth

take French leave

• 擅离职守
  to leave work without asking permission first

noun

1. the act of departing politely
   1. he disliked long farewells
   2. he took his leave
   3. parting is such sweet sorrow

   Synonym:    farewellleave-takingparting

2. permission to do something
   1. she was granted leave to speak

3. the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
   1. a ten day's leave to visit his mother

   Synonym:    leave of absence

verb

1. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
   1. leave it as is
   2. leave the young fawn alone
   3. leave the flowers that you see in the park behind

   Synonym:    leave aloneleave behind

2. be survived by after one's death
   1. He left six children
   2. At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats

   Synonym:    leave behind

3. leave behind unintentionally
   1. I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant
   2. I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors

   Synonym:    forget

4. go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
   1. She left a mess when she moved out
   2. His good luck finally left him
   3. her husband left her after 20 years of marriage
   4. she wept thinking she had been left behind

5. go away from a place
   1. At what time does your train leave?
   2. She didn't leave until midnight
   3. The ship leaves at midnight

   Synonym:    go forthgo away

6. move out of or depart from
   1. leave the room
   2. the fugitive has left the country

   Synonym:    exitgo outget out

7. leave or give by will after one's death
   1. My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry
   2. My grandfather left me his entire estate

   Synonym:    bequeathwill

8. transmit (knowledge or skills)
   1. give a secret to the Russians
   2. leave your name and address here
   3. impart a new skill to the students

   Synonym:    impartgivepass on

9. put into the care or protection of someone
   1. He left the decision to his deputy
   2. leave your child the nurse's care

   Synonym:    entrust

10. remove oneself from an association with or participation in
    1. She wants to leave
    2. The teenager left home
    3. She left her position with the Red Cross
    4. He left the Senate after two terms
    5. after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes

    Synonym:    departpull up stakes

11. have as a result or residue
    1. The water left a mark on the silk dress
    2. Her blood left a stain on the napkin

    Synonym:    resultlead

12. make a possibility or provide opportunity for
    1. This leaves no room for improvement
    2. The evidence allows only one conclusion
    3. allow for mistakes
    4. leave lots of time for the trip
    5. This procedure provides for lots of leeway

    Synonym:    allow forallowprovide

13. act or be so as to become in a specified state
    1. The inflation left them penniless
    2. The president's remarks left us speechless

14. have left or have as a remainder
    1. That left the four of us
    2. 19 minus 8 leaves 11