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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 

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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
      1. ‘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。
    • 变缓和;变温和;减弱
      to become less determined, strong, etc.
      1. After two days the rain relented.
        两天后,雨势减弱了。
      2. The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
        警方将继续严厉打击犯罪活动。

    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.
      1. 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。
    • VERB (天气)转晴,缓和,转好
      If bad weatherrelents, it improves.
      1. 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。

    英英释义

    verb

    • give in, as to influence or pressure
        Synonym:yieldsoften

      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。