| 单词 | let-alone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslet-alone f. let-alone n.; now only attributive in the sense of ‘laisser-aller’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > refraining from interference to let alone1608 unmeddlingnessa1656 non-interference1829 to let be1891 benign neglect1970 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > from interference unmeddling1614 uninterposing1749 unofficious1807 to let alone1826 non-interfering1840 unmeddlesome1852 hands off1860 light-handed1862 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 77 Gon. Meane you to inioy him then? Alb. The let alone lies not in your good will. View more context for this quotation 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 211 My good cousin,..by dint of practising the let-alone system..succeeded. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) xii. 325 The old let-alone proprietors. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. (1882) 351 Such a let-alone policy is eventually beneficial. < as lemmas |
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