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
- 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。 - She is going to drag out the engagement, in the hope of making me relent.
她想把婚约拖下去,打算这样来使我让步。 - The team did not relent in their drive towards the goal.
该队对球门的进攻没有减弱。 - We are pushing for them to relent and let go of those financial resources that they have long coveted.
我们慈悲的希望他们能够放手了,那些被他们掠夺了这么久的金融资源。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Whether the US Treasury will relent and return to an auction remains to be seen.
美国财政部是否会大发慈悲,重新举行拍卖会,这仍有待观察。 - After a pause and a prolonged gaze, she resumed; addressing me in accents of indignant disappointment&` Oh, you see, Nelly, he would not relent a moment to keep me out of the grave.
在一阵沉默和长久的凝视之后,她又讲话了;带着愤慨的失望声调对我说&啊,你瞧,耐莉,他都不肯暂时发发慈悲好让我躲开坟墓。 - 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。