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

• Well, let's press on.
  好了，让我们继续努力。
• There were some moves to let up on this curfew a little bit.
  采取了一些措施以缓和宵禁的紧张气氛。
• 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。
• I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had let me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.
  因为他引导我走合式的道路，使我得着我主人兄弟的孙女，给我主人的儿子为妻。
• 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。
• Even if a position seems a bit of a professional stretch, don't let on that you have any doubts about your ability to get the job done.
  即使一个职位看起来太过于专业，也不要怀疑自己完成工作的能力。
• Though Sybbis complained bitterly, Mama would not let up on her
  尽管西比斯大发牢骚，但妈妈不会放她一马。
• And know too, that many employers particularly larger employers have a little more in the "raise kitty" than they let on.
  并且也要知道，很多雇主，尤其是大公司的老板，要比他们表现出来愿意给你加薪。
• I let him in on my plan.
  我对他透露过这种打算。
• He has not yet been let in on the bad news.
  他还不知道这个不幸的消息。