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

• He never let up on this main hobby of planting trees.
  他的主要嗜好是种树，这一兴趣从未中断。
• 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。
• 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。
• I wish he would let up teasing me.
  我希望他停止笑我。
• Why don't you let up on the poor child?
  你为什么不能较宽容地对待这个可怜的孩子呢？
• So I had to wait for the rain to let up.
  所以我只好等雨小一点。
• Presently the rain let up.
  俄顷雨止。
• It's raining very hard. I wonder if it will let up.
  雨下得很大，我想知道雨势是否会停。
• We should never let up for a moment.
  我们一刻也不能松劲。
• 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。