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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.
    有一道强光从左侧射来。
  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
    在左边
    to the left
    靠左边
    the Left
    [政治] 左翼
left [lεft]
  1. 1. leave的过去式和过去分词
  2. 2. adjective to be left (remain) 剩下
    Is there any gin left?
    剩没剩杜松子酒？
    to have sth left
    还剩某物
    to be left over
    [food, money etc+] 剩下

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

left [lεft] [left]
  1. 1. leave1的过去式和过去分词

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
left [lεft]
  1. 1. vb the past tense and past participle of leave
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Examples

I left the gate open this morning when I left home.
我早上离开家时没有关大门。 → gate
the left bank of a river is on a spectator's left looking downstream → bank
flying out of the country, we left the cliffs on our left → leave
The door is on your left.
门在你左边。 → be
the girl he left behind
他留下的那个女孩 → behind
Between work and studies she has no time left.
她又工作，又学习，没有空闲时间了。 → between
left in a friend's care
留给朋友照管 → care
left without a shred of character
没有留下一点好名声 → character
He would have left if he could.
如果他能够的话，他本来是会离开的。 → could
He left during the lecture．
在讲演过程中，他离开了。 → during
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