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left 1 S1 W1 / left / 形容词 [仅用于名词前] #

1 your left side is the side of your body that contains your heart 反义词 right :

She held out her left hand.

a scar on the left side of his face

2 on the same side of something as your left side 反义词 right :

Take the next left turn.

the left bank of the river

a pile of papers on the left side of the desk

3 have two left feet informal to move in an awkward way when you are running or doing a sport :

a tall, clumsy-looking boy with two left feet

4 the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing used to say that one part of a group or organization does not know what the other parts are doing

left 2 S3 W3 adverb #

towards the direction or side that is on the left OPP right :
Turn left just after the school.

left 3 S3 W3 noun #

1 the left/sb’s left the side of your body that contains your heart OPP right on/to the left (of something) Take the next road on the left. Our house is just to the left of the school. on/to sb’s left On your left you can see the Houses of Parliament. 2 (from) left to right from the left side to the right side of something :
The photo shows, from left to right, his daughters Molly, Fiona, and Anne. 3 the left/the Left political parties and groups that support the ideas and beliefs of socialism . They usually want large industries to be owned by the state, and to use taxes to help solve social problems OPP right :
He has support from the Left. politicians on the left of the party The party is moving further to the left. 4 [可数名词] a hit made with your left hand OPP right 5 take a left ( also hang a left American English ) to turn left :
Take the next left (= turn left at the next road ) .

left 4 #

the past tense and past participle of leave 1