relent

vi. 变温和，变宽厚；减弱；缓和

vt. 使变温和；减轻

v. 再借给（relend的过去分词）

vi.

动怜悯心；发慈悲心；

vt.

收敛；变温和；

变形

过去式：relented过去分词：relented现在分词：relenting第三人称单数：relents

英英释义

relent[ ri'lent ]

v.give in, as to influence or pressure

同义词：yieldsoften

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented.
起初她威胁要解雇我们所有的人，但是后来她态度软化了。

The other students persuaded him to relent.
其他的学生劝说他要变得温和些。

The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
警方在跟犯罪分子的斗争中决不手软。

The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent.
我们为完成此项任务受到的压力不会减轻。

The rain relented just long enough for me to go shopping.
雨小了一阵，刚好够我去买东西的时间。

The hurricane finally relented.
飓风终于减弱了。

权威例句

relent (v.)

late 14c., "to melt, soften, dissolve," from re- + Latin lentus "slow, viscous, supple" (see lithe), perhaps on model of Old French rallentir. Sense of "become less harsh or cruel" first recorded 1520s. The notion probably is of a hard heart melting with pity. Related: Relented; relenting.

1. Even when his wife gave birth to a baby girl nine years ago, the government would not relent.

即使他妻子在九年前生了一个女孩时，政府也不宽容他。

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2. Oh you see, Nelly, he would not relent a moment to keep me out of the grave.

啊，你瞧，耐莉，他都不肯暂时发发慈悲好让我不进坟墓。

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3. Your own family might in time relent.

你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和。

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4. I confess the inhumanity of this action moved me very much, and made me relent exceedingly.

我自认这种不人道的举动使我很痛心，我非常怜悯她。

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5. The police will not relent in their fight against crime.

警方在跟犯罪分子的斗争中决不手软.

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6. The yielded to the drowsiness(Charles relent is to moderate the harshness or severity of an attitude or decision with respect to another over whom one has authority or influence:

这孩子…一会儿就支持不住昏昏欲睡了（查尔斯 狄更斯）。relent是指出于对处于自己权威和影响下的人的尊重而缓解某一制度或决定的苛刻或严格：

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7. I asked him if he could not approach Dick White to see if some pressure could be exerted on Hollis to relent.

我问他，他是否可以去找迪克·怀特，看看能否对霍利斯施加一点压力，让他态度缓和一些。

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8. Hannah had been cold and stiff, indeed, at the first; latterly she had begun to relent a little.

汉娜最初的确是又冷淡又生硬；后来稍稍和气一点。

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9. If Miss Crawley did not forgive them at present, she might at least relent on future day.

克劳莱小姐眼前虽然不肯原谅他们，将来总会回心转意。

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10. She is going to drag out the engagement, in the hope of making me relent.

她想把婚约拖下去，打算这样来使我让步。

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