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 suits alleged that JPMorgan and others underwrote mortgage bonds that contained loans that were riskier than the banks let on.
  监管机构在这起案件中指控，摩根大通和其他银行承销的按揭债券中包含的一些贷款实际风险超出了这些银行披露的水平。
• He blew his top after airport officials refused to let him on a plane.
  机场工作人员拒绝让他登机之后，他勃然大怒。
• 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？
• Never let on to anybody.
  千万不要向任何人讲。
• 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。
• For example, let's say you want to let users on your site upload images, but you don't know how many images they'll want to upload.
  例如，假设您想让您的网站上载图片的用户，但你不知道有多少照片，他们将要上传。
• 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。
• If someone you know has cancer, don't let worry on this score stop you from visiting them.
  如果你认识的人得了癌症，不要因为这方面的担忧就不去探望他们。
• Your heart drops into your stomach and you immediately let up on the gas while turning your steering wheel as fast as you can.
  您的心提到了嗓子眼里并且立即松开油门，同时尽可能快地转方向盘。您成功了！
• 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。