基本词汇
v.变宽厚;变温和;动怜悯之心;缓和;(坏天气)变好
过去式: relented 过去分词: relented 现在分词: relenting 第三人称单数: relents
英英释义
词典解释
网络解释
verb
1. give in, as to influence or pressure
Synonym: yieldsoften
1. 变宽厚;变温和;心软
If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do.
e.g. 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。
2. (天气)转晴,缓和,转好
If bad weather relents, it improves.
e.g. 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。
1. 变温和:release 释放 | relent 变温和 | relevant 有关,中肯的
2. 反复地借-->v.使......宽厚,仁慈:turbulent 混乱的,动荡的=chaos | relent 反复地借-->v.使......宽厚,仁慈 | relentless 无情,冷酷
3. 变宽厚:relend 再借 | relent 变宽厚 | relentingly 仁慈地
4. 发仁慈、慈善的:release 释放、免除、放弃 | relent 发仁慈、慈善的 | relentless 冷酷无情的
经典引文
My mother sent him packing...Then relented; then sent him off again.
出自:S. Bedford近义词
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