英语词汇“letting up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Noun the downpour continued for hours without letup Verb the rain let up just as we reached the house the windmill slowed down as the wind let up

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Despite the recent letup in oil prices, the Fed chair and his foreign counterparts fear that inflation may be getting out of control—the very thing that independent central banks, like the Fed and the E.C.B., were set up to avoid.

John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Meanwhile on Friday, economists predict Russia’s central bank will raise its interest rate by a quarter-point amid no letup in inflation, though expectations are rising that policy makers could go even further, with a half-point move.

Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg.com, 16 Oct. 2021 That’s the word from Equinix, which released a survey of 2,900 IT executives across the world, showing no letup in plans for major investments in digital technologies to support ambitious expansion plans.

Joe Mckendrick, Forbes, 6 July 2022 Indeed, data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health suggest that there’s no sign of a COVID-19 letup, with two key metrics edging higher and a third wobbling up and down but not on a clear path to the bottom.

Ryan Huddle, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022 Life on the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region has seen little letup in recent weeks.

New York Times, 17 July 2022 Russia continued bombing the Azovstal plant without any letup until the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross brokered a separate commitment from Putin to allow some civilians to be evacuated this week, officials said.

Washington Post, 5 May 2022 Even as Russia stymies Ukrainian ports and seizes farmland, there has been no letup in vessels leaving Russia’s busiest Black Sea grain terminals.

Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 30 June 2022 The Federal Reserve is rolling out the heavy artillery in its bid to fight historic inflation that has shown little letup.

Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 See More

单词	letting up
释义	letup 1 of 2 noun let·up ˈlet-ˌəp : a lessening of effort, activity, or intensity let up 2 of 2 verb let up; letting up; lets up intransitive verb 1 a : to diminish or slow down : slacken b : cease, stop 2 : to become less severe —used with on Synonyms Noun braking deceleration downshift retardation slowdown Verb break off break up cease close conclude dead-end determine die discontinue elapse end expire finish go halt lapse leave off pass quit stop terminate wind up wink (out) See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun the downpour continued for hours without letup Verb the rain let up just as we reached the house the windmill slowed down as the wind let up Recent Examples on the Web Noun Despite the recent letup in oil prices, the Fed chair and his foreign counterparts fear that inflation may be getting out of control—the very thing that independent central banks, like the Fed and the E.C.B., were set up to avoid. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Meanwhile on Friday, economists predict Russia’s central bank will raise its interest rate by a quarter-point amid no letup in inflation, though expectations are rising that policy makers could go even further, with a half-point move. Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg.com, 16 Oct. 2021 That’s the word from Equinix, which released a survey of 2,900 IT executives across the world, showing no letup in plans for major investments in digital technologies to support ambitious expansion plans. Joe Mckendrick, Forbes, 6 July 2022 Indeed, data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health suggest that there’s no sign of a COVID-19 letup, with two key metrics edging higher and a third wobbling up and down but not on a clear path to the bottom. Ryan Huddle, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022 Life on the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region has seen little letup in recent weeks. New York Times, 17 July 2022 Russia continued bombing the Azovstal plant without any letup until the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross brokered a separate commitment from Putin to allow some civilians to be evacuated this week, officials said. Washington Post, 5 May 2022 Even as Russia stymies Ukrainian ports and seizes farmland, there has been no letup in vessels leaving Russia’s busiest Black Sea grain terminals. Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 30 June 2022 The Federal Reserve is rolling out the heavy artillery in its bid to fight historic inflation that has shown little letup. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 See More Word History First Known Use Noun 1836, in the meaning defined above Verb 1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1a letting up 1 of 2 adjective as in dying (down) Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dying (down) winding up leaving off abating subsiding moderating waning ebbing passing ending closing dying stopping finishing concluding terminating discontinuing expiring ceasing desisting lapsing quitting Antonyms & Near Antonyms remaining leftover residual holding up keeping up lingering lasting enduring holding on abiding running on persisting continuing biding perduring See More letting up 2 of 2 verb present participle of let up 1 as in ending to come to an end the rain let up just as we reached the house Synonyms & Similar Words ending stopping concluding winding up expiring breaking off ceasing leaving off breaking up halting winking (out) finishing biting the dust passing going dying terminating closing determining elapsing discontinuing lapsing stalling giving over cutting out knocking off laying off (of) quitting desisting (from) breaking down refraining (from) winding down dead-ending packing (up or in) conking (out) pausing petering (out) suspending staying abating Antonyms & Near Antonyms hanging on continuing persisting extending prolonging drawing out protracting See More 2 as in decreasing to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually the windmill slowed down as the wind let up Synonyms & Similar Words decreasing subsiding diminishing tapering off falling away phasing down declining racheting (down) falling dropping (off) ratcheting (down) easing draining (away) dying (away or down or out) shrinking vanishing tapering ebbing moderating giving out waning receding dwindling lowering remitting palling lessening relenting weakening tailing (off) petering (out) abating evaporating frittering (away) melting (away) fading (away) slowing (down) de-escalating compressing contracting condensing collapsing constricting alleviating relaxing caving (in) slackening flagging sinking deflating Antonyms & Near Antonyms picking up increasing building growing rising mounting expanding swelling escalating enlarging intensifying soaring accumulating burgeoning waxing mushrooming emerging snowballing appearing blowing up showing up ballooning bourgeoning lengthening distending elongating See More
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