let on

[phrasal verb]

let (someone) on or let on (someone) : to allow (someone) to get on a bus, an airplane, etc.让…上（车、飞机等）

They let passengers with small children on (the airplane) first.他们让带着小孩的乘客先上（飞机）。
The bus stopped to let on a few more passengers.公共汽车停下，让几名乘客上了车。

let on or let on (something) informal : to tell, admit, or show that you know something说出；表明；透露

He knows a lot more than he lets on.他知道的比他透露出来的要多得多。
Don't let on that I told you!别说是我告诉你的。
She was unhappy, but she never let on. = She never let on to anyone that she was unhappy. [=she never showed or told anyone that she was unhappy]她不开心，但她从来没有表现出来。

US, informal : to pretend or seem假装；看起来

⇒ Main Entry: ¹ let

verb

let on; letting on; lets on

: to make acknowledgment : admit

knows more than he lets on

: to reveal a secret

nobody let on about the surprise party

let on to being a stranger