一、leave表示‘离开’时(强调从原来的地方离开),英文解释是go away from,既是及物动词又是不及物动词。
1. ‘leave+地点名词’,表示‘离开某地'
例句:
1)When did you leave Beijing?你什么时候离开北京的?
2)When things got too hot most journalists left the area。事态发展到过于严峻时,大多数记者便撤离了这个地区。
2.‘leave for+地点名词’的意思与‘leave+地点名词’的意思正好相反,表示‘到某地去、动身去’。
例句:
1)He will leave for Shanghai tomorrow。明天他将出发去上海。2)She insisted that he should leave for Shanghai。她坚持要他去上海。
3.‘leave A for B’则表示‘离开A地去B地’。
例句:
1)He decided to leave Chengdu for New York。他决定离开成都去纽约。
2)Why did you leave Shanghai for Beijing?你为什么离开上海去北京?
4. leave作及物动词时,还可表示‘舍弃’,感情色彩重,无情的抛弃、忍痛割爱。例句:She's leaving him for another man。她要抛弃他去跟另一个男人。
二、leave表示‘留下、落下、遗留’时,是及物动词,英文解释是remain;go without taking。
例句:
1)I left my book on the bus。我把书忘在公共汽车上了。
2)He wasn't well, so we had to leave him behind.他身体不适,因此我们只好把他留下。(well作表语时,表示‘身体不好’)