let up

英 [ˈlet ʌp]

美 [ˈlet ʌp]

（指持续的令人不快的过程）停止，缓和，减弱

柯林斯词典

• See also:The traffic in this city never lets up, even at night...The rain had let up.let-up

英英释义

verb

• reduce pressure or intensity
  1. he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down
  Synonym:ease upease off
• become less in amount or intensity
  1. The storm abated
  2. The rain let up after a few hours
  Synonym:abateslack offslackdie away

双语例句

• The rain has let up, so we can play outside.
  雨停了，我们可以出去玩了。
• Do you think the rain is going to let up tomorrow?
  你看这雨明天会停吗？
• Let up on the right hand brake immediately to stop the spin.
  马上放松右手煞车以停止这旋转。
• He refused to let up on the boy until his school grades improved.
  直到那孩子学业有了进步他才肯放宽他对他的管束。
• If the rain doesn't let up soon, we won't be able to have our picnic.
  如果雨再不停，我们就没办法去郊游了。
• So I had to wait for the rain to let up.
  所以我只好等雨小一点。
• We can't let up on our efforts to compete with other more successful firms.
  在同其他那些更兴隆的公司竞争中，我们丝毫松懈不得。
• We will not stop or let up till Tunis has been captured.
  不攻占突尼斯城我们决不停止也决不松劲。
• We mustn't let up now that we have nearly achieved our object.
  既然我们已快达到目标了，就不能松劲。
• We thought that if we went out the rain would probably let up after a while.
  我们想如果我们出去。过会儿雨也许会慢慢停下来的。