let off ( letting, lets )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If someone in authority lets you off a task or duty, they give you permission not to do it. 免除 (任务或义务)

  例：

  I realized that having a new baby lets you off going to boring dinner parties.

  我意识到，生了个孩子你就可以不参加无聊的宴会了。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you let someone off, you give them a lighter punishment than they expect or no punishment at all. 宽恕

  例：

  Because he was a Christian, the judge let him off.

  因为他是一个基督徒，法官宽恕了他。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you let off an explosive or a gun, you explode or fire it. 放 (枪炮等); 使爆炸

  例：

  A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the revolution.

  他邻里的一个居民燃放了烟花来庆祝革命。