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
- 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。