relent
英 [rɪˈlent]
美 [rɪˈlent]
v. 终于答应; 不再拒绝; 变缓和; 变温和; 减弱
过去式:relented 现在分词:relenting 过去分词:relented 第三人称单数:relents 复数:relents
Collins.1 / BNC.18525 / COCA.15454
牛津词典
verb
- 终于答应;不再拒绝
to finally agree to sth after refusing- ‘Well, just for a little while then,’ she said, finally relenting.
“好吧,不过只能待一会儿。”她最后终于答应了。
- ‘Well, just for a little while then,’ she said, finally relenting.
- 变缓和;变温和;减弱
to become less determined, strong, etc.- After two days the rain relented.
两天后,雨势减弱了。 - The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
警方将继续严厉打击犯罪活动。
- After two days the rain relented.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 变宽厚;变温和;心软
If yourelent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do.- Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry.
最后他母亲作出让步,允许她的小儿子结婚。
- Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry.
- VERB (天气)转晴,缓和,转好
If bad weatherrelents, it improves.- If the weather relents, the game will be finished today.
如果天气转好的话,比赛将在今天结束。
- If the weather relents, the game will be finished today.
英英释义
verb
双语例句
- And the United States of America will not relent until this war is won.
美国在赢得这场战争的胜利之前会一直保持攻势。 - So we will not relent until the terrorists who plot murder against our people are found and dealt with.
因此,在阴谋杀害我国人民的恐怖分子被抓获并被惩治以前,我们绝不罢休。 - Hopes that the US might relent on targets were always overly optimistic.
寄希望于美国在减排目标问题上让步,未免过于乐观。 - But if it does not relent, foreign computer makers should draw a line at this unwarranted extension of government information control and refuse to go along.
不过,如果他们没有通融的意思,外国电脑制造商应该与这种政府信息控制权的不当延伸划清界限,拒绝就范。 - Of course, if the person has dietary restrictions that make cooking difficult for you, relent and let her bring a dish she can eat.
当然那如果那人有饮食禁忌,让你做菜为难,发发慈悲,允许她带一个能吃的菜。 - Having nothing more to fear, having scarce anything to hope, for that he would relent there seemed no promise whatever, she lay down dully.
他似乎无论如何也不会宽恕她了,既然已经没有什么可怕的了,也没有什么可盼的了,所以她就感觉迟钝地睡下了。 - Because of the tears that are falling silently without relent and preventing me from seeing you.
因为那无法停止、默默留下的眼泪,阻止我看著你。 - In certain circumstances, our parents would relent and permit us to meet.
在某些情况下,我们的父母会发慈悲,让我们见见面。 - I will not yield. I will not rest. I will not relent in waging this struggle for the freedom and security of the American people.
我不会屈服,不会停步,为了美国人民的自由和安全,我要顽强地斗争,永不停息。 - And we have sent a message from the Afghan border to the Arabian Peninsula to all parts of the globe: we will not relent, we will not waver, and we will defeat you.
而且,我们已经从阿富汗边境向阿拉伯半岛直至全世界发出了信息:我们不会怜悯、我们不会动摇、我们会打败你们。