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

• 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。
• She never let on that anything was wrong
  她从来没有透露过有什么不妥。
• I let him in on my plan.
  我对他透露过这种打算。
• 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。
• 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 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？