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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't let on about the price of the car.
  不要把这辆汽车的价钱泄露出去。
• She never let on that anything was wrong
  她从来没有透露过有什么不妥。
• He has not yet been let in on the bad news.
  他还不知道这个不幸的消息。
• Never let on to anybody.
  千万不要向任何人讲。
• 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。
• 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？
• Well, let's press on.
  好了，让我们继续努力。