let on

英 [let ɒn]

美 [let ɑːn]

透露; 泄露

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 透露；泄露
  If you do notlet onthat something is true, you do not tell anyone that it is true, and you keep it a secret.
  1. She never let on that anything was wrong...
     她从来没有透露过有什么不妥。
  2. I didn't let on to the staff what my conversation was...
     我没有将谈话内容向员工们透露。
  3. He knows the culprit but is not letting on.
     他知道罪犯是谁，但却闭口不说。

英英释义

verb

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  1. The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
  2. The actress won't reveal how old she is
  3. bring out the truth
  4. he broke the news to her
  5. unwrap the evidence in the murder case
  Synonym:unwrapdisclosebring outrevealdiscoverexposedivulgebreakgive awaylet out

双语例句

• The Configuring Geronimo's EJB port section later in this article provides details on how to let clients on other machines access the server.
  本文稍后的配置Geronimo的EJB端口一节提供了有关如何让其他机器上的客户端访问服务器的详细信息。
• He has not yet been let in on the bad news.
  他还不知道这个不幸的消息。
• He knows the culprit but is not letting on.
  他知道罪犯是谁，但却闭口不说。
• I can't tell my parents that I come here tonight, so if you see them, please don't let on that!
  我不能告诉我父母今晚我在这里，所以如果你看到他们，千万不要告诉他们我在这！
• Perhaps let God on your side, to him, let you to be more dangerous.
  也许那能让上帝站在你这边，对他来说，那让你更加危险。
• We can't let up on our efforts to compete with other more successful firms.
  在同其他那些更兴隆的公司竞争中，我们丝毫松懈不得。
• I doubt if any of my team-mates liked me any more for my copycat drinking and if my boss was impressed he never let on.
  我怀疑，由于我盲目模仿喝酒，我的同事是否还会有人喜欢我，我的老板是否对他所不允许的行为印象深刻。
• Well, let's press on.
  好了，让我们继续努力。
• Do you think Matt should be let in on Mystic Falls secrets?
  你认为该让Matt知道神秘瀑布镇的秘密吗？
• Trainees go through a four-hour lesson before they are let loose on the controls.
  受训人员须上4小时的课才能自由进行操作。