let off

• • 让…下车；允许…下船(或下岸)：

    The school bus stopped at the gate and let the pupils off.

    校车停在大门口，让学生们下车。

  • 原谅；释放；饶恕；从轻发落：

    The teacher let that careless student off and didn't fail him.

    老师放过了那个粗心的学生，没给他打不及格。

  • 放(炮、烟火等)：

    The teacher forbad the pupils to let off fireworks in the school.

    老师禁止学生在学校放烟火。

  • 允许不做某事，准许不工作，准许离去(如下班、放学等)；免除(责任、任务等)；放假：

    The factory manager let the workers off for a week.

    厂长给工人们放了一周的假。

    I'll let her off the housework this weekend.

    这个周末我免了她的家务活。

  • (房屋)分层出租，分套出租；准许部分租用房屋：

    These buildings are being let off as flats.

    这些楼房是分套出租的。

  • 漏出，渗出(水、气体等)：

    We should let the steam off the boiler.

    我们应该放掉锅炉里的蒸气。

  • 讲(笑话)，说(俏皮话等)：

    The speaker started his speech by letting off a joke.

    演讲人在演说时先讲了一个笑话。

  • 发泄，吐露
  • [口语]放屁