单词 | to let know |
释义 | > as lemmasto let (a person) know 13. To cause. Now only in to let (a person) know = to inform (of something).In early use, often with ellipsis of an indefinite personal object, so that the active infinitive has virtually assumed a passive sense; cf. German lassen. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE timberc897 letc900 rearOE doOE i-wendeOE workOE makeOE bringc1175 raisec1175 shapec1315 to owe (also have) a wold (also on wield)a1325 procurec1330 purchasec1330 causec1340 conform1377 performa1382 excite1398 induce1413 occasionate?c1450 occasionc1454 to bring about1480 gara1500 to bring to passc1513 encause1527 to work out1534 inferc1540 excitate?1549 import1550 ycause1563 frame1576 effect1581 to bring in1584 effectuatea1586 apport?1591 introduce1605 create1607 generate1607 cast1633 efficiate1639 conciliate1646 impetrate1647 state1654 accompass1668 to bring to bear1668 to bring on1671 effectivate1717 makee1719 superinduce1837 birth1913 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iii. xiv. [xviii.] (Caius) He sette scole, & on þære he let cnihtas læran. a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1102 He let þær toforan castelas gemakian. c1175 Cott. Hom. 221 Se almihti sceappende..hi alle..let befallen on þat ece fer þe ham ȝearcod was. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6362 To letenn swingenn himm. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 45 Al þulli þe haligast lette writen on boke for to warni wimmen of hare fol echnen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 295 He hine leatte wel witen. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 14/457 He liet..maken him king of al is fader lond. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 541 Ibured he was in londone þat he let verst rere. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2171 Lete wite swiþe at þe kichen weþer þei misse any skinnes. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. vi. 15 He lete make a proclamacion þorȝ all his Empire. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vi. 24 Ye thynges that they desireden to late to knowen to theyr frendis. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 607/2 I lette one to wyte, je sinue. 1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 125 They were let to vnderstande, what plots and meanes were made. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vi. 10 If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is. View more context for this quotation 1630 Ld. Dorchester Let. 27 May in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 260 To let the Ambassador know this Doctor may returne as hee is come. 1706 A. Pope Let. 10 Apr. in Corr. (1956) I. 16 Pray let me know your mind in this, for I am utterly at a loss. 1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. iv. v. 230 On my arrival at her house, I was not let to wait long. 1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 616 She lets thee to wit, that she has thee forgot. 1829 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather (1841) 3rd Ser. lxxxiv. 446/2 I will let them know that they are the King's subjects, and must likewise submit to me. 1883 Manch. Examiner 7 Nov. 5/1 There was always some body of Church~men which disliked them, and took every opportunity of letting them know it. < as lemmas |
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