let-up n. 1.停止 2.放松,减弱
Let-up \Let"-up`\ (l[e^]t"[u^]p`), n. [See {Let} to forbear.]
Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days
without any let-up. [Colloq.]
- Security officials say there will be no let-up in the fight against drug smugglers.
- Nor is there any sign of a let-up. The plain man may think it madness to cut spending on needed road, rail and other infrastructure improvements, or to dismiss public employees at a time like this.
- They are spending the last few days of their odyssey in North America There is still no let-up, even though it is Christmas.
- However, Syrian generals say there will be no let-up.
- It's my firm belief that restoring the all-important focus on leading and setting the agenda is what it's all about.' That does not imply any let-up on cost cutting.
- In the meantime, there can be no let-up in the belt-tightening in the west. Tackling the inflexibilities - whether in working hours or energy supply - requires political decision-making, which is one commodity in desperately short supply.
- BT 'old' edged up 2 1/2 to 425p and the partly paid 3 to 183p. There was no let-up in the demand for Barclays shares, which has followed the appointment of Mr Martin Taylor as the bank's new chief executive as from next January.
- About 1.5m people had been displaced. Sarajevo Radio said there was no let-up in fighting yesterday.