many tickets do you
have 〖e/t?剩下的票你还有多少张.？ ◊ (figurative) 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。◊ 77ie
onZy course of action left to me was to notify
her employer. ^ 可能采取的唯一措施就是通知她的雇主。8 [VN]〜sth/sb (behind)
to go away from a place without taking sth/sb with you 麥了带；丢下：ZVe left my bag on the bus. ^ 把包丢在'公'共汽车 i: T。◊ Don’t Zeave any 〇/ your bdong/ngs behind.别忘了带上自己的随身物品。◊ He wasn’t weZZ, so we /iad to leave Wm
beWnd•他身体木 适，因此我们只好把他留下H
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MATHEMATICS 数9 [VN]
to have a particular amount remaining 剩余；余下：Seven
from ten leaves three. * 10减7得3。
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AFTER DEATH ■死后 10
[VN] to have family remaining after your death 遗下.（家人 >
:We
Zeaves a wi/e and two cMidren.他遗下妻子和两个孩子。llto give sth to sb when
you. die ( '▲ tk. W").遗赠，遗留 bequeath
： {VN, VNN] She left £1 million to her daughter.她遗留给女儿100万英镑。◊ She !e_/t her
daughter £2 miHion.她遗留给女儿100万英镑。
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RESPONSIB丨UTY TO SB 留给某人的责任 12 to allow sb to take care of sth 把…留女；交托；委托：[VN +fldv./p/^7?.]
Ybu can丨eave the cooking to me.你可以把做饭的事交给
我。◊ She Ze/t her assistant Zn charge.鈿萎ft助幸来负
责。■ ◊ leave ft
wit/i me —Vm sure I can sort it out. JEjg：
事留给我吧■^我一定会解决的。◊‘Where shaH we eat?f 'III 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6 ” ◊ They〖讲me with aH the dearing up.他们把什久都留给 我来收拾。[VN to inf] J was Ze/t to cope on
my ouTi•或 剩下我一个人来单独对付。
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DELIVER 递送 13 〜sth (for sb) | 〜（sb)
sth to
deliver sth and then go away 递與 .肆交.；.投递：[VN, yNN] Someone
this note /or you.有 乂给你送来了 这妞便 条。◊ Someone !e_/t you this note.有人给你送来了这张
便条。
f»!?l Most idioms containing leave are at the entries for
the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example leave sb in the
lurch is
at lurch.大多数吾 leave
的习
语，都可在该等习语中的名词及形容词相关词条> 找到，如
leave
sb in the lurch 在词条 lurch 下。 ，丨eave +’go (of st“）（iSrf，/n/ormc?/) to stop holding on to sth 松丰；.撒 .手放异 H77I let
go ： Leave
go of my arm—youVe
/zurting
me/放开我的手臂 你把我弄_ j!
Ieave:
ft
at 'that (informal) to
say or do nothing more about sth .别再说了；刹此为止；就这样算了‘： WelZ never agree, so Zet:s just Zeave it
at that.咱们术可能意见一致，所以这事
就这样吧。I丨eave ’rt ’out (阶£, used to tell sb
to stop doing sth (让人停止做襄事）行啦，就这样吧
—more
at take v. , leave sth.—a'side to not
consider sth 禾辛考虑；搁置一边：leaving the
expense aside, do we actuaHy need a second car?且不说费用多
.少，，我们真的还需要一辆汽车have sb/sth be‘hind 1 [usually passive] to make much better progress than sb 比…取得好得多的进展；把…抛奄迨M;途M:. ■Britain
is bdng Ze/t behind fn the race /or new markets.秀国在‘并
拓新市&方面正被甩在后亩。2 to leave a person, place or state permanently 7欠久离开（幕人、某地或幕国）： She knew t/zat she had
ie_/t cWZdhood behfnct 她知道童年 已一去不:复返了。一 see also leave, v•⑻，.丨 eave ’off ("7/o/7r?fl/j to stop doing sth 停jJt；(做某事 > ;.年断： Sta/t reading 介om where you ojSHast time.从上次停
卞来的地方接着读吧。◊丨+ -ing] He Ze/t ojfpZa)心lg the
piano to: answer t/ie 他停止齊翁_.VN应口，法..t
々
,leave sb/sth一’off (sth) to not include sb/sth
on a list, etc,,不把…列入;不包括；不含：Ybu’ve0# a zero. .你漏掉了一个零。◊ We Ze片Wm ojf the fct.我捫未把他 如人名卓。.丨eave sb/sth _out (of
sth) tp
not include or mention sb/sth in sth'不包括；不提及：leave me out 〇/ this quarrd, pZeaise•请别牵扯进'这场_.’吵..。◊
He hadn't been asked to the party and was feeling very left out.他未被邀请参加聚会，感到颇受冷落。◊ S/ie k片out an ‘m’ fn ‘accommodation’•她在 accommodation —:词中
漏掉了一个字母 m。be ,left ’over (from
sth) to
remain when all that is needed has been used 剩下:；残留： There was 〖ots 〇//ood〖讲over饭菜剩下_了-不少。 —related noun leftover
■
noun [U] 1 a period of time when you are allowed to be
| mi lecture
away
from work for a holiday/vacation or for a special reason 假期；休假：to take a months paid/unpaid
leave
带襄/不_薪休假一个月◊ soZdiers home on
leave 回家休假的士兵◊ to be on
matemity/study leave 休产 假；脱卢进修◊ How much annual 〖eave
do you get?你 in 的幸假有多长？ 一 see also COMPASSIONATE
LEAVE, sick leave 2 ~ (to do sth) {formal) official permission to
do sth 准许；许可to be
absent without [eave 未经许
.可擅自缺席◊ The court
granted him Zeave to appeaZ against the sentence.法庭准许他对判决提出上诉。◊ She asked for leave of
absence (= permission to be away from work) to
attend a_Amerai•她请了假去参加葬礼。
, by/,with your 'Jeave (formal) with
your permis- sion如—您允许的话；承蒙俯允take ,leave of your 'senses (old-fashioned) to
start behaving as if you are crazy 丧吳理智；发疯 take (your) ’leave.(of
sb) to say goodbye 告.辞；辞.别：With a nod and. a smile, she
took 〖eave 〇/her fiends.她点头微笑着向朋友告辞。
without a , by your
leave; without so much as a ,by your leave (old-fashioned)
without asking permission; rudely擅自；未瘥谇岢；粗鲁地；无礼地一more at beg,
French adj.
-leaved /-li:vd/ oleaf n.{2) leaven
/'levn/ noun, verb
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noun [U] a
substance, especially yeast, that
is added to bread before it is cooked to make it rise 发酵剂；：（,尤 指）酵母，面肥：（//gwraf/Ve)A/ewjofces acicHeave/i to a
boring speech.几句笑话可给枯燥无味的演讲增添活跃的
气氛。
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verb [VN]
[often passive] ~ sth (with sth) (formal) to
make sth more interesting or cheerful by adding stb to it (添 加…）使较有趣，使吏令人愉快：Her
speech was Zeavened vvif/i a touch 〇/’humour•几分幽默使她的讲话更
为有趣。
leav.ei* /_lirvB(r)/ not//i (often
in.compounds 常构成复合
词）a person who is leaving a place.离去者：school- feavers中学毕业生 leaves pi. of leaf
'leave-taking noun [U, G,
usually sing.] (formal) the
act of saying goodbye 告别；告辞 HTTl farewell leav-ings /'lirvirjz/ not/n [pi.] something
that you leave because you do not want it, especially food (不要的）
剩余物（尤指剩余饭菜）:’ lech /letj/ noun, verb {BrE,
informal, disapproving) mnoun a man
who shows an unpleasant sexual interest in sb好色之徒;色鬼
• verb u:i'lech after sb (8r£) to show an
unpleasant
sexual interest in sb对某人也有邪念；对某人抱看色今
lech-er /'letja(r)/ noun {disapproying) a man
who is always thinking about sex and looking for sexual pleasure 好色之徒；色鬼;、渎棍 > lech-ery Ajotvn
[U] lech-er-ous /'letjaras/ adj. {disapproving) having
too much interest in sexual pleasure 好色的；.淫荡的
LUSTFUL, LASCIVIOUS
leci-thin /'lesi0m/
noun [U] a
natural substance found in animals, plants and in egg yolks. Lecithin is used as an ingredient in some foods.卵磷脂，磷脂酰胆碱（用作食
物添加剂）• lectern
/'lektan; NAmE -tarn/ (NAmE also po-dium) noun a stand for holding a book, notes, etc.
when you are reading in church, giving a talk, etc.(教堂中由） 诵经倉;（演讲的）讲台
lector /'lekto:(r)/
noun a
person who teaches in a university, especially sb who teaches their own uage in
a foreign country (尤指在国外教授其母语
太學讲师，大学教师一compare LE|CTRICE lec.trice /lek_tri:s;
AMmf ’lektris/ /?owa7 a female lector in a university (尤指在国外教授其母语的 > 大学女讲师， 大学女教师
lecture CHw /-lekt^ir)/
noun,
verb m
noun ~ (to sb) (on/about sth) 1 a
talk that is given to a group of people to teach them about a particular
subject, often as part of a university or college course
(通常指大学.里的）讲座，讲课，演讲：todeiiver/give a lecture ta^iirst-yearstudents 给二'年级学生讲课◊ to attend a series
of lectures on Jane Austen M •