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
- That may have pressured Baosteel to relent.
这可能迫使宝钢软化了立场。 - 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。 - Davis, feeling that any man possessing a human heart would relent when that delicious perfume met his nose.
看着美味的腌橙，安米觉得但凡有一点同情心的人闻到这份酸橙的美味也该心软了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - So we will not relent until the terrorists who plot murder against our people are found and dealt with.
因此，在阴谋杀害我国人民的恐怖分子被抓获并被惩治以前，我们绝不罢休。 - 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。