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 finally let up to reveal blue skies.
  雨终于停歇了，展显出蓝色的天空。
• 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.
  我们现在可不能放松啊。
• 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。
• So I had to wait for the rain to let up.
  所以我只好等雨小一点。
• Do you think the rain is going to let up tomorrow?
  你看这雨明天会停吗？
• 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？
• 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。
• There were some moves to let up on this curfew a little bit.
  采取了一些措施以缓和宵禁的紧张气氛。
• 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。