| 词组 | let's |
| 释义 | let's ◊ making a suggestion You use let's when you are suggesting that you and someone else should do something. Let's is short for 'let us'. It is followed by an infinitive without 'to'. Let's go outside. Let's creep forward on hands and knees. The full form let us is used with this meaning only in formal English. Let us postpone the matter. If you are suggesting that you and someone else should not do something, you say let's not. Let's not talk about that. Let's not waste time. Some British speakers say don't let's. Don't let's tell anyone. For other ways of making suggestions, see entry at ↑ ◊ making a request You can use let us when you are making a request on behalf of yourself and someone else. In sentences like these, you do not shorten let us to 'let's'. Let us know what progress has been made. Give us food! Don't let us die. |
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