橘子朗文词典

relent

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [rɪˈlent]
  • 美式音标 [rɪˈlɛnt]
  • 国际音标 [ri'lent]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vi. 变温和，变宽厚；减弱；缓和
  • vt. 使变温和；减轻
  • v. 再借给（relend的过去分词）

词根记忆

  • re + lent(柔软的)→心肠软了下来→变温和，变宽厚
  • re + lent(借)→借钱给人缓和他的经济困难→缓和

同根派生

     

英汉例句

  • The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
    警方在跟犯罪分子的斗争中决不手软.
  • Your own family might in time relent.
    你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和.
  • I confess the inhumanity of this action moved me very much, and made me relent exceedingly.
    我自认这种不人道的举动使我很痛心, 我非常怜悯她.
  • I confess the inhumanity of this action moved me very much, and made me relent exceedingly.
    我自认这种不人道的举动使我很痛心, 我非常怜悯她.
  • The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
    警方在跟犯罪分子的斗争中决不手软.

词组短语

    短语

  • relent t 减弱;动怜悯心;变温和
  • milden relent 变温和
  • to relent 让步
  • relent detail 变仁慈
  • be less intrasigent relent 指口头上不再坚持

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do.