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

• She never let on that anything was wrong
  她从来没有透露过有什么不妥。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Post is not too Biao point, let up on the better thanfurong it!
  发帖子是不是也点太彪，斗不过芙蓉就姑且收场吧！
• I let him in on my plan.
  我对他透露过这种打算。
• Trainees go through a four-hour lesson before they are let loose on the controls.
  受训人员须上4小时的课才能自由进行操作。
• Never let on to anybody.
  千万不要向任何人讲。
• 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？
• He knows the culprit but is not letting on.
  他知道罪犯是谁，但却闭口不说。