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

• 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。
• If someone you know has cancer, don't let worry on this score stop you from visiting them.
  如果你认识的人得了癌症，不要因为这方面的担忧就不去探望他们。
• He has not yet been let in on the bad news.
  他还不知道这个不幸的消息。
• Even if a position seems a bit of a professional stretch, don't let on that you have any doubts about your ability to get the job done.
  即使一个职位看起来太过于专业，也不要怀疑自己完成工作的能力。
• Never let on to anybody.
  千万不要向任何人讲。
• 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。
• 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。
• Perhaps let God on your side, to him, let you to be more dangerous.
  也许那能让上帝站在你这边，对他来说，那让你更加危险。
• 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。
• He knows the culprit but is not letting on.
  他知道罪犯是谁，但却闭口不说。