relented

英 [rɪˈlentɪd]

美 [rɪˈlentɪd]

v.  终于答应; 不再拒绝; 变缓和; 变温和; 减弱
relent的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• Afterward he relented and let his daughter see her boyfriend.
  后来他缓和了，并且让他的女儿见她的男朋友。
• Lily had given up in the end and avoided speaking about magic at all, till Petunia finally relented, and started to speak to her again, telling her all about her new school and new school friends.
  最后莉莉只好放弃，不再提魔法的事。佩妮的态度也终于有所缓和，又开始和她说话了，总是跟她唠叨她的新学校和她的新朋友们。
• At first I balked at the idea. I resisted, but then I remembered the fun the swinging sisters had and I relented.
  起初，我反对这个主意，态度强硬，不过随后想起女儿们当年玩秋千时那种开心的场景，我心软了。
• Afterwards she relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV.
  后来她宽容了些，让孩子们晚睡看电视。
• The soldiers'unit initially refused to hand them over to the police, but relented under pressure from senior government officials.
  这两名士兵所在的部队最初拒绝将他们移交警方，但是在高级政府官员的压力下妥协。
• She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.
  只是在几个月以后，我的父母答应她一定要让我上大学，那个时候她才软化同意。
• When the landlady relented, it was good, old-fashioned Chinese values that did the trick.
  房东太太的态度温和下来，是由于好心的旧式中国价值观起了作用。
• Jennie weakened, and finally relented
  詹妮的态度有所缓和，最终软了下来。
• Autonomy relented and allowed him back into meetings after pressure from investors.
  在投资者压力下，autonomy的态度有所缓和，允许科恩重新参加分析师会议。
• What actually happened was a terrible, three-year slump, which eased only when the Fed relented.
  可是实际发生的却是连续三年的可怕下滑灾害，只在联储慈悲为怀之时，才平伏下来。