many tickets do you
have left? ^iJTft 0
(figurative) They
are fighting to save what is left of their business, it Cl ZE ##
J&iS&ftCl iX & ft ilk #. 0 The only course of action left
to me was to notify her employer.
« [VN] ~ sth/sb
(behind) to go away from a place without taking
sth/sb with you AT: I’ve left my
bag on the bus.
ATt o 0 Don't leave
any of your belongings behind. $ij ^ T ^ ± § B Eft fit # $} on 0
0 He wasn't well, so we had to leave him behind.
m, .
►
MATHEMATICS T 9 [VN] to have a particular amount remaining M £;
^ T : Seven from ten leaves three.
mo m 7 n
30
►
AFTER DEATH AE Tf 10 [VN] to have family remaining
after your death itT ( MA
) : He leaves a wife and two children. ICUlTflT11 to
give sth to sb when you die ( A ttt ) H If , m
[§ HTH bequeath : [VN,
VNN] She left £1 million to her daughter. Mifi {§ in A Jl 100 77
Alt 0 0 She left her daughter £1 million. L lOOTiM®*
►
RESPONSIBILITY TO SB $&\£Aft AT 12
to allow sb to take care of sth |EM§ A; Alt; HT :
[VN +adv./prep.] You can leave the cooking to me. j^WIMICl$t!7lft^;3c£n
0 She left her assistant in charge. Mil Tift TAW. Ac 0 Leave it with me —I'm sure I
can sort it out. |CM
^ f§ BE ft— *e
A M A ft „ O ‘Where shall we
eat?' ‘Ill leave it
entirely (up) to you (= you can decide)/ “fcCl±if JUHA? ” T, ” o
They left me with all the clearing up.
ICTIlEfTA fcAHtln o O [VN to inf] I was left to cope on my own. Wt
►
DELIVER MM 13 ~ sth (for sb) | ~ (sb) sth to
deliver sth
and then go away MM ■ M M
: [VN, VNN]
Someone left this note for you. ..f
o Someone left
you this note. ^ Ain ifcMM T
fTiTTl 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. A^UcA
leave Eft W
>j w * ft
£ m Aw&m), ip
leave sb in the lurch ZEM^
lurch To .leave go (of sth) (BrE,
informal) to stop holding on to sth T; IS T; Jf HITI let go : Leave go of my arm—you're
hurting me!
$t7ffcft¥W T! leave it
at ’that (informal)
to say or do nothing more about sth JW#T; Well
never agree, so
let’s just
leave it at that. Pgf] TWft®E—SSt, H/rttAW .leave
It 'out (BrE, informal) used to tell sb
to stop doing sth (/TAJTlM&MS ) ff®,
—
more at take v. iati;ivi .leave
sth-^a'side to not consider sth T T % J®; M fi ^ M: Leaving
the expense aside, do we actually need a second car? J=L T
A, .leave sb/sth
be'hlnd
1 [usually passive] to make much better progress than
sb tlE-MT/nM; MM:.
She knew that she had left childhood behind.
MWilltW B — iTfiMTc — see also
leave v.(8)
.leave 'off (informal) to stop doing sth
it ( W ) ; W ®r: Start reading from where you left off last time. JAAlAW 0 1+ -ing] He left off
playing the piano to answer the door, lifeit##3#,
SHiTo leave
sb/sth^'off (sth) to not include sb/sth on a list, etc.,/FIE- WJ A; TM.15; T^: You’ve left off a zero. ,%mW T -TA* 0We left him off the list.
?|J A£T-0 .leave sb/sth
'out (of sth) to not include or mention sb/sth in sth TM.IS; TMA: Leave
me out of this quarrel, please, if $i| IE fc T lib M M % W 0 He hadn’t been
asked to the party and was feeling very left out. fiiiTMii0 She
left out an ‘m’ in ‘accommodation’. M ZE accommodation — is] T m0
be .left 'over (from sth) to remain when all that is needed
has been used f!] T ; $$ © : There was lots of food
left over. tS H T T T 'A 0
—
related noun leftover
* noun [U] 1
a period of time when you are allowed to be
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away from work for a
holiday/vacation or for a special reason {§*$] ; #: :
to take a
month’s paid/unpaid
leave 'rftfr / 0 soldiers
home on leave
O to be on maternity/study
leave fg; o
How much annual
leave do
you get?
Clift— see also compassionate leave, sick leave 2 ~ (to do sth) (formal) official
permission to do sth JftiC; iCRf: to be absent without leave W ifi ft O The court granted him leave to
appeal against the sentence. jAMTiiM&MTJiASI ft 0 0 She asked for leave
of absence (.= permission to be away from work) to attend a funeral.
IFEHil ,by/,with your
'leave (formal) with your permission £n
tH&jfc.-ftftiS; take .leave of your
'senses (old-fashioned) to start behaving as if you are crazy take (your) 'leave (of sb) (formal)
to say goodbye ; 0 ^1]: With a nod and a smile, she took
leave of her friends.
without a ,by your
leave; without so much as a ,by your 'leave (old-fashioned) without asking permission; rudely HI; TcZLttl — more at beg,
French adj.
-leaved /-li:vd/ oleaf n.(2) leaven /'levn/
noun, verb
m noun [U] a
substance, especially yeast, that
is added to bread before it is cooked to make it rise %tW-jPJ; ( A It ) S£#, ffi HE: (figurative) A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
■ verb [VN] [often passive] ~ sth (with
sth) (formal) to make sth more
interesting or cheerful by adding sth to it ( ^ llll- ) te&W® . M 4s A Jlt: Her speech was leavened with a touch of
humour.
leav er /'li:va(r)/
noun (often in
compounds ia]) a person who is leaving a place school-
leavers
leaves pi. of leaf
'leave-taking noun [U, C, usually
sing] (formal) the act
of saying goodbye ^#1]; A if H2H farewell leav-ings /'liivirjz/ noun [pi.] something that you leave because you do not want it, especially
food ( Tlclft )
m&w (Xmi&foM ) :
lech /letJ/ noun, verb (BrE, informal,
disapproving) unoun a man
who shows an unpleasant sexual interest in sb
►
verb iJgl:kTi 'lech after sb (BrE) to show an unpleasant
sexual
interest in sb M^ AICT
lech-er /'letja(r)/
noun . (disapproving) a man who is
always thinking about sex and looking for sexual pleasure ► lech-ery noun [U]
lecherous /‘letfaras/
adj.
(disapproving) having
too much interest in sexual pleasure £Ffe|ft; ,
FF3T1
LUSTFUL,
LASCIVIOUS
leci-thin /'lesiGm/
noun [U] a natural substance found in animals,
plants and in egg yolks. Lecithin
is used as an ingredient in some foods.
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. ( )■
(mm)
lector /’lekto:(r)/
noun a person who teaches in a university,
especially sb who teaches their own language in a foreign country ( XM&S Wl&lf ft ) —
compare lectrice
lec-trice /lek'triis;
NAmE 'lektris/ noun a female lector in a
university (
A
lecture O-m /'lektja(r)/ noun, verb
►
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
( ii^ltA^Mft
) W®, M, If W: to deliver/give a
lecture to first-year students If o
to attend a series of lectures on Jane Austen i]/f ATM •