let up

We can't let up on our efforts to compete with other more successful firms.

在同其他那些更兴隆的公司竞争中,我们丝毫松懈不得.

The rain had let up.

雨势已经减弱。

I've seen teams make bigger comebacks than this, so we can't let up.

我见过有的队伍取得过比这个更大的逆转，所以我们不能松懈。

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

1983年诺贝尔医学奖的获得者遗传学家巴巴拉-麦克林托克早年的工作直到很多年后才被公众所承认但她并没有放弃实验工作对她来说是一种如此巨大的快乐，她从未想过要停止它。

Let's suppose, for the sake of argument (= in order to have a discussion) , that interest rates went up by 2%.

为了便于讨论，不妨设想利率提高了2%。

During these years they never let up their attacks against the liberated areas.

在那几年,他们从未停止向解放区的进攻.

We should never let up for a moment.

我们一刻也不能松劲.

" Oh, let up, " he answered. " What difference does it make?

“ 唉, 别说了吧, " 他答道, " 这又有什么关系 呢 ?

Let up on Jane. She is sick.

对简宽容点, 她病了.

I wish their mother would let up on the children.

我希望他们的妈妈对孩子们宽大一些.

Presently the rain let up.

俄顷雨止.

The pressure of life never seemed to let up for a single goddam day.

生活的压力看来连一天也不会减轻.

And I don't think this will let up any time soon.

而我不觉得这种状况会停止。

I wish this rain would let up and then we could go for a drive.

我希望雨会停止，这样我们就能开车出去兜风了。

Let's put some music on to liven things up.

咱们放些音乐活跃一下气氛吧。

There were no signs of any let-up in job-shedding.

无迹象显示裁员势头会减缓。

Mother thought the pain would never let up.

母亲认为疼痛永远不会减轻了.

There was no let-up in the battle on the money markets yesterday.

对金融市场的争夺战昨天依然非常激烈。

There is no sign of a let-up in the recession.

经济衰退没有减弱的迹象。

Having let up immediately on the right hand brake, the canopy continues to spin.

已经立刻放松右手煞车, 飞行伞仍继续旋转.

There were some moves to let up on this curfew a little bit.

采取了一些措施以缓和宵禁的紧张气氛。

Sing up, let's hear you.

大声唱，我们听不见。

We have overspent . We'll have to let up our expenditures next month.

我们已经超支了,下个月一定得节约开支.

Though Sybbis complained bitterly, Mama would not let up on her

尽管西比斯大发牢骚，但妈妈不会放她一马。

Mr. Sanders decided to start because the rain let up.

因为雨势变小,德丝先生决定出发.

" Oh, let up, " he answered.

“ 好啦, 别说了吧, " 他回答.

We mustn't let up now that we have nearly achieved our object.

既然我们已快达到目标了，就不能松劲。

Though Sybbis complained bitterly, Mama would not let up on her.

尽管西比斯大发牢骚，但妈妈不会放她一马。

Let's get busy with the clearing up.

我们开始清理吧。

When he was with her, his nerve never let up.

和她在一起, 他总是感到很激动.