left

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

left UK US [left] adjective , adverb
<E > on or towards the side of your body that is to the west when you are facing north
• His left eye was heavily bandaged.
• Turn left at the lights.
Compare right
Thesaurus⁺: ↑General location and orientation
 
• Turn left at the traffic lights, and you'll see the hospital straight ahead.
• To divide by ten, move the decimal point one place to the left.
• Our house is the third from the end on the left.
• He has no sight in his left eye.
• Hold your fork in your left hand and your knife in your right hand.
 
noun
 
DIRECTION

1. <E > only singular the left side
• First I'll introduce the speaker sitting on my left.
• Take the first/second/third on the left.
• It's the shop to the left of the pub.
• US After the grocery store I made/took/informal hung a left (= turned into the next road on the left side).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑General location and orientation
 
• My house is on the left.
• I sat to her left.
• Take the road on the left.
• The picture is lower on the left.
• I moved quickly to the left.
 
POLITICS
UK US
2. the left
<A > the political groups that believe wealth and power should be shared between all parts of society
• The war is generally opposed on the left.
Compare right
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Political movements and groups
 
verb
past simple and past participle of leave
 
adjective
relating to political groups that believe wealth and power should be shared between all parts of society
• The left wing of the party is unhappy with the legislation.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Politics

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  left(a), left-hand(a), leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended, left field, leftfield, left hand, left wing
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  center, right