你的单词有深度吗？

 　　为什么词汇量大≠英文牛？因为最简单的词反而有更多的用法。比如晋升为英文神曲的《Let it go》，你知道ta还有多少种意思可以表达吗？

　　Let's go!

　　咱们走吧！

　　Let's go home.

　　咱回家吧。

　　Let's go for a walk.

　　咱们去散散步吧。

　　Let's go shopping.

　　咱们去逛街吧。

　　Let me have a go.

　　让我试一下。

　　Let go! You're hurting me.

　　放开我！你弄疼我了。

　　Sometimes you just have to learn to let go.

　　有时你需要学会放手。

　　The police¹ had² to let him go.

　　警察只好放了他。

　　I'm afraid we had to let you go.

　　恐怕我们要请你走人了。（解雇人的婉转说法）Why don't you just let yourself³ go?

　　你为什么不能放松一下呢？

　　He's really let himself⁴ go since⁵ his wife⁶ died⁷.

　　自从他妻子去世，他就自暴自弃了。

　　I'll let it go this time.

　　这次我就放你一马。

　　It's time to let the past go.

　　是时候让过去的事翻篇了。

　　I couldn't let it go for less⁸ than 100 yuan.

　　少于100块我可不卖。

1 police   

n.警察，警察当局，治安，公安；vt.维持治安，警备，管辖

参考例句：

• They sent him over to the police.他们将他遣送警察局。
• It took the police only several days to break the case.警察只用了几天就破案了。

2 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

3 yourself   

pron.你自己

参考例句：

• I need you to do it yourself.我要你亲自做。
• Late again,Tom?I hope you can explain yourself.汤姆，又迟到了？我希望你能说明理由。

4 himself   

pron.他自己

参考例句：

• He is proud of himself.他为自己感到自豪。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

5 since   

adv.后来；conj.既然，因为，自从；prep.自从

参考例句：

• He's been working in a bank since leaving school.自从毕业后，他就一直在一家银行工作。
• I have known him ever since I was a child.我自孩提时代起就已经认识他了。

6 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

7 died   

vbl.死亡，消逝v.死亡，枯萎( die的过去式和过去分词 )；死时处于（某种状态）或具有（某种身份）adj.死亡的，消逝的

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was utterly bereft when his wife died. 他的妻子去世时，他十分凄凉。

8 less   

adj.更少的，更小的；adv.更少地，更小地；n.少量，次要；prep.减

参考例句：

• I read much less now than I did at school.我现在看书远比我上学时少。
• You can't buy the dress with less than 50 yuan.买这件衣服没有50元钱下不来。