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

• Having nothing more to fear, having scarce anything to hope, for that he would relent there seemed no promise whatever, she lay down dully.
  他似乎无论如何也不会宽恕她了，既然已经没有什么可怕的了，也没有什么可盼的了，所以她就感觉迟钝地睡下了。
• Your own family might in time relent.
  你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和。
• 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。
• 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。
• Because of the tears that are falling silently without relent and preventing me from seeing you.
  因为那无法停止、默默留下的眼泪，阻止我看著你。
• 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。
• "In your arms take me as I relent"
  ‘让我溶化在你的双臂’
• 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。
• Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up.
  不愿意去宽容而显现冷酷。
• 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。