let alone

动词 v. 连词 conj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering. transitive
    — I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep.
  2. To rely on (a person) to do something. colloquial,dated,transitive
    — Oh! let him alone for that. He's the boy that can get out of a scrape.
连词 conj.
  1. Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone. idiomatic
    — He couldn't boil water, let alone prepare a dinner for eight.
  2. Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first. idiomatic,rare
    — At the end of another ten years, let alone sixty, we are likely to see a very different pattern in the realm of British passenger locomotive power.

词形变化

let along alternative yet alone alternative lets alone present,singular,third-person letting alone participle,present let alone participle,past let alone past let along alternative yet alone alternative
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