A let-up is a pause or a lightening in something unpleasant that has been going on — rain, pain, heat, noise, pressure at work, a stream of questions.

A let-up islet-up 指的是 a pause or a lightening暫停或減輕 in something unpleasant that has been going on某件一直在持續的不愉快的事—— rain雨、pain疼痛、heat高溫、noise噪音、pressure at work工作壓力、a stream of questions一連串的問題。

The sentence you will hear most is There was no let-up: the trouble did not stop, even for a short time. With a let-up, it did stop, or it grew easier.

The sentence you will hear most is你最常聽到的句子是 There was no let-up'There was no let-up'（完全沒有緩和）：the trouble did not stop麻煩沒有停過，even for a short time連短暫的一下都沒有。With a let-up如果有 let-up，it did stop事情就是有停下來，or it grew easier或變得比較輕鬆。

People also use the two-word verb let up (The rain let up after lunch). The noun is often written with a hyphen, let-up; you may also see letup as one word.

People also use the two-word verb let up人們也會用兩個字的動詞 let up (The rain let up after lunch)（The rain let up after lunch＝午餐後雨變小了）。The noun is often written with a hyphen名詞形式通常會加連字號，寫成 let-up；you may also see letup as one word你也可能看到寫成一個字的 letup。

It is everyday English, not stiff, and it almost always belongs with something you want to end. A pleasant evening does not “have a let-up.” Though actually, the easing can be tiny — a let-up of ten minutes in a storm still counts.

It is everyday English這是日常英語，not stiff不生硬，and it almost always belongs with something you want to end而且幾乎總是用在你希望結束的事情上。A pleasant evening does not "have a let-up."一個愉快的夜晚不會"有 let-up"。Though actually不過其實，the easing can be tiny緩和的程度可以很小—— a let-up of ten minutes in a storm still counts暴風雨中緩了十分鐘也算是 let-up。