leave [sb/sth] alone, leave [sb/sth] well enough alonevtr + adj
(not disturb)
~을 혼자 내버려 두다, ~을 방해하지 않다
~을 방치하다
I just want to be left alone to get on with my novel.
leave [sb/sth] alone, leave [sb/sth] well enough alonevtr + adj
(stop harassing)
~을 그만 괴롭히다, ~을 내버려 두다, ~을 건드리지 않다
She wished that the man beside her at the bar would leave her alone.
leave [sth] asidevtr + prep
figurative (exclude)
~을 제외하다, ~을 제쳐 놓다
Leaving aside the two sunflowers, her garden did not have any flowers.
leave forvtr + prep
(depart)
~로 떠나다
Soon high school graduates will leave for college.
leave homev expr
(move out of family house)
집을 나가다
She left home at 17 to go to university in another province.
leave me aloneinterj
(go away)
날 좀 내버려 둬, 혼자 있게 해줘, 저리 가
Stop picking on me! Just leave me alone!
leave much to be desired, leave a lot to be desiredv expr
(be inadequate)
미흡한 점이 많다
Your table manners leave much to be desired.
The house was cute on the outside, but inside left a lot to be desired.
leave no stone unturnedv expr
figurative (search thoroughly)
갖은 수단을 다 쓰다
In the investigation to find the missing child, the police have left no stone unturned.
leave of absencen
(permission for time off)
결근 허가
휴직 허가
결석 허가
휴학 허가
My company granted me a leave of absence to care for my father.
leave of absencen
(time off)
휴가, 휴식
결근
휴직
휴학
I took a four-month leave of absence to travel.
leave off doing [sth]v expr
informal (stop doing [sth])
~을 그만두다, 그만하다
The mother told her son to leave off ripping the pages out of the book.
leave the door open for [sb/sth], leave the door open to [sth/sb]v expr
figurative (allow possibility, access)
~의 가능성을 남겨 두다
When the reigning gold medalist fell, she left the door open for her competitors. By not completely cutting ties with the country's former allies, the prime minister is leaving the door open for negotiations to be resumed in the future.
leave the scene ofv expr
(flee the location of: accident or crime)
~의 현장을 떠나다
The hit-and-run driver was charged with leaving the scene of the accident.
maternity leaven
(time off work for a new mother)
출산 휴가
Temps often provide cover while a full-time employee is on maternity leave.
on leaveadv
(taking time off)
휴가를 낸
I'll be on leave for the next two weeks.
My husband is on leave from work indefinitely because he broke his leg last weekend.
shore leaven
(permission for sailor to spend time on shore)
상륙 허가
All the crew will be given 48 hours' shore leave in Dover.
shore leaven
(time sailor spends on shore)
상륙 허가
When sailors are on shore leave, the bars in port make large profits.
sick leave, also UK: sickness leaven
(time off work for illness)
병가, 병결 명
Freddy's teacher has been on sick leave for three weeks or more.