mẫu câu (passive) · formal
be left to + V
used to indicate that responsibility or a decision is given to someone (often unintentionally)
Examples
“The decision was left to the committee to make.”
“Much of the restoration work was left to volunteers.”
“After the meeting, the final call was left to the director.”
Band 8 sentence
“With little central oversight, many operational choices were left to local schools to decide.”
Collocations
- be left to + decide/handle/organize
Word family
Common mistakes
The task was left for to volunteers.→The task was left to volunteers.
The decision was left made by the director.→The decision was left to be made by the director.
Say it for a higher band
5is given to→6is assigned to→7+be left to + V
Synonyms
be entrusted to + V
Easily confused
be entrusted to + V
“The archive was entrusted to a specialist for preservation.”
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