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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

left [lεft]
  1. 1. adjective (not right) 左的
    his left eye
    他的左眼
  2. 2. noun the left 左侧
    There was a strong light coming from the left.
    一道强光左侧射来。
  3. 3. adverb [turn] [ go] [ look+] 向左
    Turn left at the traffic lights.
    在红绿灯处向左拐。
    on the left
    左边
    to the left
    左边
    the Left
    [政治] 左翼

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

left [left]
  1. 1. adjective 左边的左侧的
    The left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream.
    当你面对流水的方向时,你的左手边也就是河的左岸
  2. 2. adjective 剩下的留下
    Some odd dollars left.
    剩了点零钱
  3. 3. adjective 左手的
  4. 4. adjective 左翼的左倾
  5. 5. n.[u] 左侧左边
    She stood on the left.
    她站在左边
  6. 6. n.[u] 左翼左派
  7. 7. n.[c] 左手
  8. 8. noun 左野
    The batter flied out to left.
    那只蝙蝠左边飞出。
  9. 9. n.[c] 左转,左转弯
  10. 10. adverb 向左倾向左翼左倾
    The political party has moved left.
    这个政党已经左倾了。
    He looked right and left.
    他向左右看了看。

Collins English-English Dictionary

left [lεft]
  1. 1. adj [usually prenominal] of or designating the side of something or someone that faces west when the front is turned towards the north
  2. 2. adj [usually prenominal] worn on a left hand, foot, etc
  3. 3. adj [sometimes capital] of or relating to the political or intellectual left
  4. 4. adj [sometimes capital] radical or progressive, esp as compared to less radical or progressive groups, persons, etc
  5. 5. adv on or in the direction of the left
  6. 6. n a left side, direction, position, area, or part
  7. 7. n [often capital] the supporters or advocates of varying degrees of social, political, or economic change, reform, or revolution designed to promote the greater freedom, power, welfare, or comfort of the common people
  8. 8. n [boxing] a blow with the left hand
  9. 9. n the left hand
  10. 10. n [Etymology] Old English left idle, weak, variant of lyft- (in lyftadl palsy, literally: left-disease); related to Middle Dutch lucht left

Examples

He left everything behind and left the store, searching for a place to make with the tears.
他把所有东西都放一边,然后离开了店子,找一个可以尽情流泪的地方。
Left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs.
左手高尔夫球球手要用左手专用球杆。
the left bank of a river is on a spectator's left looking downstream
flying out of the country, we left the cliffs on our left
the girl he left behind
他留下的那个女孩
left in a friend's care
留给朋友照管

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