leave/liːv/

v.

➊ go away from a person or place

➋ not take sth/sb with you

➌ make or allow sb/sth to remain in a particular state

n. time when you are allowed to be absent from your work, esp. in the armed forces

➭ pt. & pp. left/left/

v.

➊ [T; I] 离开：He left the office at five. 他是5点钟离开办公室的。

◇[leave for sth] He has left for London. 他已经出发去伦敦了。

◇[常用现在时或进行时表示将来时] The bus leaves in half an hour. 公共汽车半小时后离开。

➋ [T] 把…留下；忘了带：[leave sth with sb] You can leave your dog with me when you are away. 你不在时，可以把狗留在我这儿。

◇[leave sth for sb = leave sb sth] Can I leave a message for Jack? 我可以给杰克留个口信吗？

◇[leave sth + prep.] He left his bag in the classroom. 他把书包忘在教室了。

➌ [T] 使保留，让…处于（某种状态）：[leave sb/sth + a./ad./prep.] Leave the window open, please. 请让窗户开着。

◇Leave me alone. 别管我。

◇The accident left one passenger dead. 这次事故使一位旅客丧生。

◇Many children were left without parents during the plague. 在这次瘟疫中，很多孩子失去了父母。

◇[leave sb doing sth] Don't leave him standing in the sun. 不要让他站在太阳底下。

◇[leave sb to do sth] He left me to find the answer. 他让我去找答案。

n. [C] 休假；假期：Mike was home on leave. 迈克在家休假。

◇ask for leave 请假

leave sth/sb behind

➊ 留下；不带：The books are too heavy for me to carry so I left some behind. 这些书太重了，我搬不动，因此我留下了一部分。

➋ 忘了带：Who left a hat behind yesterday? 昨天谁忘了把帽子拿走？

leave sth to sb 把…留给某人：She often leaves financial decisions to her husband. 她常把经济决策留给丈夫确定。

常犯错误

✗ He's left for two weeks.

✓ He left two weeks ago. 他两星期前离开的。

✓ It is two weeks since he left.

✓ He's been away for two weeks. 他离开有两个星期了。

[✌leave为短暂性动词，不能与一段时间连用]

常犯错误

✗ I forgot my keys in the office.

✓ I left my keys in the office. 我把钥匙忘在办公室了。

常犯错误

✗ I have to go back to the library. I left my friend to wait there.

✓ I have to go back to the library. I left my friend waiting there. 我得回到图书馆去，我让我朋友在那儿等的。

[✌“让…处于某种状态”用leave sb doing sth的结构]

常犯错误

✗ Trains leaves to Hangzhou every twenty minutes.

✓ Trains leaves for Hangzhou every twenty minutes. 开往杭州的火车每20分钟一趟。

用法leave school指“毕业”或“退学”；leave the school指“离开这个学校”。

用法现在分词结构leaving sb/sth + a. 常用作结果状语，如：The writer died, leaving the book unfinished. 这位作家去世了，留下这本未竟之作。

用法可用一般现在时或现在进行时表达将来含义，如：I am leaving tomorrow. = I leave tomorrow. = I shall leave tomorrow. 我明天离开。

辨析forget; leave