英语词汇“to leave it at that”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P8. to leave it at that: to proceed no further with a matter; to refrain from pressing a point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a matter) no further

to leave (a person or thing) alone (also one)a1475

forbear1570

to let fall1594

fall1630

waive1681

withdraw1781

to leave it at that1861

1861 Irish Times & Daily Advertiser 29 Oct. 4/6 Was it ten minutes? I won't say; no matter. A quarter of an hour? Well, we will leave it at that.

1898 Idler June 717 He does not care one used halfpenny stamp whether people talk about it or not. He merely wants to smoke, and he leaves it at that.

1909 H. Walpole Wooden Horse iv. 78 She had tried..but she had failed; and now, for many years, she had left it at that.

1916 A. Bennett Lion's Share xxxii. 245 ‘But if it had happened to be the ebb, sir—’. He left it at that.

1949 V. Grove Lang. Bar viii. 114 If understanding and sense were not sought after, the ignorant would merely corrupt the ‘meaningless’ word, and leave it at that.

1966 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 23 Dec. 445/2 If the House is content to leave it at that for the present,..then I would ask if we might withdraw the resolution and leave it at that for today.

2013 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 4 Apr. d3/4 As to the woman's daughters who are not blood related to you, because they call you ‘Granddad’, refer to them as your granddaughters and leave it at that.

单词	to leave it at that
释义	> as lemmas to leave it at that P8. to leave it at that: to proceed no further with a matter; to refrain from pressing a point. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a matter) no further to leave (a person or thing) alone (also one)a1475 forbear1570 to let fall1594 fall1630 waive1681 withdraw1781 to leave it at that1861 1861 Irish Times & Daily Advertiser 29 Oct. 4/6 Was it ten minutes? I won't say; no matter. A quarter of an hour? Well, we will leave it at that. 1898 Idler June 717 He does not care one used halfpenny stamp whether people talk about it or not. He merely wants to smoke, and he leaves it at that. 1909 H. Walpole Wooden Horse iv. 78 She had tried..but she had failed; and now, for many years, she had left it at that. 1916 A. Bennett Lion's Share xxxii. 245 ‘But if it had happened to be the ebb, sir—’. He left it at that. 1949 V. Grove Lang. Bar viii. 114 If understanding and sense were not sought after, the ignorant would merely corrupt the ‘meaningless’ word, and leave it at that. 1966 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 23 Dec. 445/2 If the House is content to leave it at that for the present,..then I would ask if we might withdraw the resolution and leave it at that for today. 2013 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 4 Apr. d3/4 As to the woman's daughters who are not blood related to you, because they call you ‘Granddad’, refer to them as your granddaughters and leave it at that. extracted from leavev.¹ < as lemmas
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