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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't let on about the price of the car.
  不要把这辆汽车的价钱泄露出去。