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

• 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。
• Relent, O Lord! How long will it be?
  耶和华阿，我们要等到几时呢？
• 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。
• And did not the Lord relent, so that he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them?
  耶和华就后悔，不把自己所说的灾祸降与他们。
• 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。
• She'll relent; she's coming. She found her heart relenting in spite of her.
  “她会宽恕的，她已经心软了.”她发现自己的心不由自主地软下来了。
• But we have put al Qaeda on a path to defeat, and we will not relent until the job is done.
  但是，我们已经把基地逼上了一条失败之路，我们在实现目标之前不会松懈。
• The Arab League, Saudi Arabia and the Turkish Foreign Minister pressed Syria to relent.
  阿拉伯国家联盟、沙特阿拉伯以及土耳其外交部长要求叙利亚立即停火。
• Your own family might in time relent.
  你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和。
• 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。