(TTS發音) 1. lessen in intensity；diminish；slacken off 減少；放鬆
It's raining hard as ever. It's not letting up at all. 雨下得還是那麼大，根本沒有小下來。
Harry never lets up for a minute. 哈利一刻也沒有鬆勁。
2. stop working 停止；停止做
Let up for a few minutes. You can't work hard all day. 歇一會吧，你不能整天苦幹。
The doctor has been working for fifty hours without letting up. 醫生已馬不停蹄地連續工作了50小時。
3. become easier，kinder or less strict 寬容（常與on連用）
Let up on Jane. She is sick. 對簡寬容點，她病了。
Let up on him. He didn't mean any harm. 饒了他吧，他並沒有什麼惡意。
let up
1 減緩; 減慢; 減弱; 慢慢停止
When will this rain ~ ?.
雨甚麼時候才會停呀？
2 停止工作
The surgeons have been working for twenty hous without ~ ..
那些外科醫師一連工作了二十小時沒有停止
