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

• He has not yet been let in on the bad news.
  他还不知道这个不幸的消息。
• 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！
• She never let on that anything was wrong
  她从来没有透露过有什么不妥。
• 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。
• I let him in on my plan.
  我对他透露过这种打算。
• But thoughts about when the day might come occupied her mind 'more than I would ever let on,' she says.
  但她说，她总在想这天什么时候会来，这种想法总是挥之不去。
• He knows the culprit but is not letting on.
  他知道罪犯是谁，但却闭口不说。
• Well, let's press on.
  好了，让我们继续努力。
• I will reveal your secret in no case. Don't let on about the meeting.
  我决不会泄漏你的秘密。别泄露会议的秘密。
• 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。