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leave no stone unturned
leave 1 L0093800 (lēv)v. left (lĕft), leav·ing, leaves v.tr.1. To go out of or away from: not allowed to leave the room.2. a. To go without taking or removing: left my book on the bus.b. To omit or exclude: left out the funniest part of the story.3. To have as a result, consequence, or remainder: The car left a trail of exhaust fumes. Two from eight leaves six.4. To cause or allow to be or remain in a specified state: left the lights on.5. a. To have remaining after death: left a young son.b. To bequeath: left her money to charity.6. To give over to another to control or act on: Leave all the details to us.7. a. To abandon or forsake: leave home; left her husband.b. To remove oneself from association with or participation in: left the navy for civilian life.8. a. To give or deposit, as for use or information, upon one's departure or in one's absence: He left a note for you. Leave your name and address.b. To cause or permit to be or remain: left myself plenty of time.9. Nonstandard To allow or permit; let.v.intr. To set out or depart; go: When can you leave?Phrasal Verb: leave off1. To stop; cease.2. To stop doing or using.Idioms: leave/let alone To refrain from disturbing or interfering. leave no stone unturned To make every possible effort.
[Middle English leaven, from Old English lǣfan; see leip- in Indo-European roots.]
leav′er n.Usage Note: In formal writing leave is not an acceptable substitute for let in the sense "to allow or permit." Thus in the following examples, only let should be used: Let me be. Let him go. Let us not quarrel. This use of leave is normally edited out of written prose but remains common in speech. · Leave alone is an acceptable substitute for let alone in the sense "to refrain from disturbing or interfering with." As far back as 1968, a majority of the Usage Panel approved the following example: Leave him alone, and he will produce. Some people feel that leave alone should mean simply "to depart from someone who remains in solitude," as in They were left alone in the wilderness. There is no harm in observing this restriction, but expecting it of others is unrealistic.
leave 2 L0093800 (lēv)n.1. Permission to do something. See Synonyms at permission.2. An act of departing; a farewell: took leave of her with a heavy heart.3. See leave of absence.
[Middle English leve, from Old English lēafe, dative and accusative of lēaf; see leubh- in Indo-European roots.]
leave 3 L0093800 (lēv)intr.v. leaved, leav·ing, leaves To put forth foliage; leaf.
[Middle English leaven, from leaf, leaf; see leaf.]Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | leave no stone unturned - search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer"look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
Translationsstone (stəun) noun1. (also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed. limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone. 石頭 石头2. a piece of this, of any shape or size. He threw a stone at the dog. 石塊 石块3. a piece of this shaped for a special purpose. a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone. 石碑 石碑4. a gem or jewel. She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones. 寶石 宝石5. the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries. a cherry-stone. 果核 果核6. a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes. She weighs 9.5 stone. (英國重量單位) 英石（英国重量单位，相当于6.35 千克） 7. a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain. 結石 结石 verb1. to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment. Saint Stephen was stoned to death. 用石塊扔死 用石块扔死2. to remove the stones from (fruit). She washed and stoned the cherries. 去...的核 去...的核ˈstony adjective1. full of, or covered with, stones. stony soil; a stony path/beach; It's very stony around here. 多石的 多石的2. (of a person's expression etc) like stone in coldness, hardness etc. He gave me a stony stare. 冷酷的 冷酷的ˈstonily adverb 冷酷地 冷酷地ˈstoniness noun 冷酷 冷酷ˌstone-ˈcold, ˌstone-ˈdead, ˌstone-ˈdeaf adjective completely cold, dead, or deaf. He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead. (前綴)完全的... 完全的... ˈstoneware noun, adjective (of) a hard type of pottery made of clay containing pieces of stone. a stoneware jug. 粗陶器，石器 粗陶器，石制品 ˈstonework noun construction done in stone, especially the stone parts of a building. 石造(工程) 石造工程leave no stone unturned to try every possible means. The police left no stone unturned to (try to) find the child. 千方百計 千方百计a stone's throw a very short distance. They live only a stone's throw away from here. 非常短的距離 很短的距离，一投石之距离 leave no stone unturned
leave no stone unturned1. To look for something in every possible place. We left no stone unturned looking for that earring, but we still couldn't find it. I'm thinking it got thrown out. Police vowed to leave no stone unturned trying to track down the fugitive.2. To do all that one can or use every available resource to complete a task. I left no stone unturned when I was researching my thesis topic. I think I checked out every book on it that the library had!See also: leave, no, stone, unturnedleave no stone unturnedFig. to search in all possible places. (As if one might search under every rock.) Don't worry. We'll find your stolen car. We'll leave no stone unturned. In searching for a nice place to live, we left no stone unturned.See also: leave, no, stone, unturnedleave no stone unturnedMake every possible effort, use every possible source or resource. For example, To raise ten thousand dollars to keep the shelter open, we must leave no stone unturned. This expression alludes to an ancient Greek legend about a general who buried a large treasure in his tent when he was defeated in battle. Those seeking the treasure consulted the Oracle of Delphi, who advised them to move every stone. The present form dates from the mid-1500s. See also: leave, no, stone, unturnedleave no stone unturned COMMON If you leave no stone unturned in your efforts to find something or achieve something, you consider or try every possible way of doing it. In the difficult weeks ahead, we'll leave no stone unturned in our search for a peaceful solution to the crisis. The New Zealand police minister promised that no stone would be left unturned in the hunt for the killer.See also: leave, no, stone, unturnedleave no stone unturned try every possible course of action in order to achieve something.See also: leave, no, stone, unturnedleave no stone unˈturned try everything possible to find or obtain something: The police left no stone unturned in their efforts to find the little girl.See also: leave, no, stone, unturned leave no stone unturned To make every possible effort.See also: leave, no, stone, unturnedleave no stone unturned, toTo spare no trouble or expense; to make every possible effort. This term actually dates back to a Greek legend recounted by Euripides. One of Xerxes’s generals, Mardonius, was said to have abandoned a great treasure in his tent when he was defeated in the battle of Plataea (477 b.c.). Polycrates of Thebes looked for the treasure but could not find it, and turned to the Oracle of Delphi for advice. The oracle replied, “Move every stone,” which Erasmus later translated as, “Leave no stone unturned.” Of the many repetitions over the centuries, one of the most amusing is Ogden Nash’s, “When I throw rocks at seabirds, I leave no tern unstoned.” See also: leave, no, stoneEncyclopediaSeeLeaveMedicalSeeleaveFinancialSeeStoneleave no stone unturned
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