他已經離開北京到倫敦去了。 He left his hometown and looked for a job in town.
他離開家鄉到城裏找工作。 2. 留；剩下： 例句: She left some of the food for her husband.
她給丈夫留了壹些吃的。 3. 留下；將…留下： 例句: The secretary asked him to leave his telephone number.
秘書要他把電話號碼留下來。 4. (死後或離開後)把…留給；遺贈給： 例句: His uncle left $10 000 in the will.
他舅舅在遺囑中留下10 000美元。 5. 死後留下；遺留下： 例句: He left a widow and two children.
他死後撇下寡妻和兩個孩子。 6. 留下；丟下；忘帶： 例句: I left my dictionary in the library.
我把詞典丟在圖書館裏了。 7. 委托；交托；交由…照管： 例句: You'd better leave this up to me.
妳最好把這件事交給我辦吧。 He left his son to his sister.
他把兒子交由他姐姐照管。 8. 擱置；不管；忽略；暫不解決： 例句: We'll leave this item till the next meeting.
我們把這個議題放到下次會議討論。 9. 辭去(工作)；舍棄；停止；拒絕： 例句: take it or leave it
取舍悉聽尊便 He left medicine for law.
他放棄醫學改學法律。 10. 剩余；剩下： 例句: 3 from 7 leaves 4.
7減3余4。 15 minus 5 leaves 10.
15減5得10。 11. 使…處於(某種狀態)；聽任；讓： 例句: Leave the windows open. It's so stuffy here.
讓窗子開著，這兒太悶熱了。 The earthquake left them homeless.
地震讓他們無家可歸。 12. [方言、俚語]讓；允許： 例句: Leave them go.
讓他們走。 vi. 離去，離開；出發，動身： 例句: When we got to the railway station, the train had left.
我們到火車站時，火車已經開走了。 He leaves for work at 7 every morning.
他每天早上7點鐘離家去上班。 短語 1. be(或get)(nicely) left
a. [口語] b. 被擊敗；遭遺棄 c. 受騙，上當 2. be left for dead被認為已死亡而舍棄；…被認為無可救藥 3. be left with給留下…；被剩下… 4. be well left得大筆遺產 5. leave a strip[俚語]突然剎車；突然減速 6. leave go (或 loose)of something[口語]松手放開…；撒手；舍棄… 7. leave hold of松手；放開 8. leave in the air擱置；暫不解決 9. leave it at that[口語]行啦；就這樣好了；到此為止吧 10. leave it out停止(吵鬧、咒罵、抱怨等)；得啦；別吵啦 11. leave much (或 a lot, a great deal) to be desired極不完善；還有待改進 12. leave no avenue unexplored想盡壹切辦法；探索各種途徑 13. leave no means untried用盡壹切方法 14. leave nothing to be desired完美無缺 15. leave nothing unsaid和盤托出 16. leave one holding the sack讓某人背黑鍋 17. leave one's affairs in order把某人的事理順 18. leave out of account (或 consideration, reckoning)不加考慮；不去註意 19. leave someone flat斷然拋棄某人；突然離開某人 20. leave someone (或something) in someone's care (或 charge)把某人(或某物)交由某人照管 21. leave (someone 或 something) standing[俚語]遠遠超過(某人或某物)；大大優於(某人或某物) 22. leave (或 give) someone the bag to hold
a. 讓某人擔全部責任；把責任推給某人 b. 讓某人壹無所有 23. leave someone to himself (或 to his own devices, to his own resources, to sink or swim)聽其自然；任其自由行動；聽任某人自行其是；對某人不加幹涉 24. leave someone to it[口語]聽任某人自己做某事；讓某人自個兒繼續做某事 25. leave something as it is聽其自然；聽任某事自然發展 26. leave something to be desired尚不令人滿意；不夠完美 27. leave something to chance讓某事去碰運氣 28. leave visiting cards[英國俚語](飛機)投彈 29. leave (或 let) well (enough) alone知足；滿足現狀；不要去管；不要弄巧成拙 30. leave word at留下口信；在…留言 31. leave word for為…留言 32. to be left until called for(郵件等)留局待領。