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

• "In your arms take me as I relent"
  ‘让我溶化在你的双臂’
• Relent, O Lord! How long will it be?
  耶和华阿，我们要等到几时呢？
• Oh you see, Nelly, he would not relent a moment to keep me out of the grave.
  啊，你瞧，耐莉，他都不肯暂时发发慈悲好让我不进坟墓。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up.
  不愿意去宽容而显现冷酷。
• 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。