| 单词 | to let alone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let alone 18. to let alone (In Old English also lǽtan án, Middle English †let one.) extracted from letv.1ΚΠ c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 525 Þe leches gon, & lete Gij one, Þat makeþ wel michel mone. a1400–50 Alexander 1828 Þen lete þe lord þam allane & went till his fest. b. To abstain from interfering with or paying attention to (a person or thing), abstain from doing (an action). to let well alone: see well adj. and n.3 Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > abstain from interfering with to let alonec897 leaveOE to let bec1000 to let bec1175 to let (a person or thing) yworth?c1225 to let (something) standa1400 to let dwella1500 to leave to oneself (also itself)?1531 let1818 to let a thing bide1866 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxiii. 226 Læt ðonne an ðæt gefeoht swæ openlice sume hwile. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7633 Þat i him sla, it es noght god..i sal him lat al-an. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2898 Sibbe and spoused ȝe lete an [Vesp. tak yee nan]. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 196 So he let hem allone. a1483 Earl Rivers Let. in J. Gairdner Hist. Life Richard III (1878) App. B. 395 Take hede to the vice that Maundy makes, and loke yef the foundacion and the wallis be sufficiaunt..than lete hym alone with his worke. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) i. i. f. iij Lete me alone therfore to done that my ryght is. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 607/1 Let that alone, laissés cela. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xx. 6 Shal I go vnto Ramoth to fighte, or shal I let it alone? 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 269 The corrupt natures of women, if they be let alone to live at libertie. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Dijv Let the Court alone. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 84 Let them alone awhile, and then open the doore. View more context for this quotation c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) l. 827 Lat þe losels alone. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings xxiii. 18 Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Job xiii. 13 Let me alone that I may speake. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 180 Let me alone for swearing. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 129 For Monsieur Maluolio, let me alone with him. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 Apr. (1974) VIII. 192 So home..to my accounts, and finished them..they being very great and intricate, being let alone for two months. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 57. ¶5 I would..advise all my Female Readers..to let alone all Disputes of this Nature. 1712 F. Tanner Plainest, Easiest, & Prettiest Method Short-hand 41 Which Persons may either follow or let alone, as they please. 1799 C. Lamb John Woodvil iii Let him alone. I have seen him in these lunes before. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 246 Why not avoid all this, as Napoleon might have done, by letting well alone? 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. v. 72 Why don't you let the boy alone? 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xx. 48 Topsy soon made the household understand the propriety of letting her alone; and she was let alone accordingly. 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. xix. 288 He is gentle as a lamb, if only he is let alone. 1886 Manch. Examiner 4 Nov. 5/6 It was best to let them alone to think quietly over their own position. 1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 272 A thousand times a day Rose wished she had let Frederick alone. c. absol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] to let bec1000 fastOE withdraw1297 letc1374 forbearc1375 abstaina1382 sparec1386 respitea1393 to let alonea1400 refraina1402 supersede1449 deport1477 to hold one's handa1500 spare1508 surcease1542 detract1548 to hold back1576 hold1589 to stand by1590 to hold up1596 suspend1598 stickle1684 to hold off1861 to bottle it1988 a1400–50 Alexander 2688 Nay, leue, lat ane [Dubl. MS. lett be]. 1599 George a Greene sig. E1v For his other qualities, I let alone. 1891 H. Jones Browning as Teacher ii. 45 There is given to men the largest choice to do or to let alone, at every step in life. d. colloquial in imperative: let me (him, etc.) alone to (do so and so) = I (he, etc.) may be trusted to do, etc. Also const. for, †and in early use elliptical. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4372 Lete me allone, mi lef swete frende, anoie þe na more. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. i. 2 Lete me alone therfore, to do that my ryght is; for nothing skilfully may lette me therof.] a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 180 Let me alone for swearing. View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iv. i. 48 Let me alone to accuse him afterwards. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iv. 130 ‘Let the charwoman alone to be the first!’ cried she who had entered first. e. The imperative let alone, or the present participle used absol., is used colloquially with the sense ‘not to mention’. (The object, whether noun, adjective, or clause, in this use follows alone.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [preposition] > not taking account of to let by1577 to set aside1753 to let alone1812 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee xiii, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 269 I didn't hide, nor wouldn't from any man living, let alone any woman. 1816 J. Austen Let. 8 Sept. (1995) 320 We shall have no bed in the house..for Charles himself—let alone Henry. 1843 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life III. 33 Going out of town is very agreeable to me on my own account, letting alone my rejoicing for my children. 1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 98 It..declares that honesty, let alone that it is the right thing, is also..the wisest. 1892 Guardian 20 Jan. 86/1 It is hard to get a gardener who can prune a gooseberry~bush, let alone raise a cucumber. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts xi. 264 The use of adjectives as complements of transitive verbs is quite limited... She isn't even pretty, let alone beautiful. 1966 Listener 20 Oct. 569/3 I cannot say that I ever felt anything like twice as old (let alone twice as wise) as my Polish friends. 1974 L. Deighton Spy Story ix. 100 He'd never be considered for a high security clearance, let alone a job in the Service. 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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