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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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

• Relent, O Lord! How long will it be?
  耶和华阿，我们要等到几时呢？
• Whether the US Treasury will relent and return to an auction remains to be seen.
  美国财政部是否会大发慈悲，重新举行拍卖会，这仍有待观察。
• 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。
• I will not relent in this struggle for the freedom and security of my country and the civilized world.
  我不会在这场为我的国家和文明世界的自由与安全所作的斗争中松懈自己的斗志。
• We are pushing for them to relent and let go of those financial resources that they have long coveted.
  我们慈悲的希望他们能够放手了，那些被他们掠夺了这么久的金融资源。
• 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。
• We will not relent until justice is done and our nation is secure.
  我们不会手软，直到我们实现正义，直到我们的国家安全。
• Economic necessity has prompted Canberra to finally relent.
  经济的需求最终致使堪培拉放宽了政策。
• Your own family might in time relent.
  你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和。
• 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。