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
- 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。 - The team did not relent in their drive towards the goal.
该队对球门的进攻没有减弱。 - 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。 - 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。 - Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up.
不愿意去宽容而显现冷酷。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。