橘子朗文词典

relented

R 开头单词

基本解释

  • v.變寬厚；變溫和；動憐憫之心；緩和；（壞天氣）變好

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • She relented when she saw her husband bursting into tears.
    看見丈夫一哭，她的心就軟了。
  • At first she threatened to dismiss me, but later she relented.
    起初她威脇要解雇我, 但後來她態度軟化了。
  • So when he opened the back of the van again, I relented, throwing my rucksack inside.
    所以儅他再次打開運貨車的後麪時我讓步了，我把背包扔了進去。

    • 原聲例句

  • When the time came, her parents objected. They only relented when Alexei said that she would instead become a police officer in a dangerous neighborhood.

    • 權威例句

  • At the last minute he relented and decided to seek help from a pastor.
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  • Despite its inflexibility on certain issues, Microsoft has relented on some WP7 design decisions.
    FORBES: Microsoft Explains Windows Phone 7 Design Restrictions
  • Indeed, at first he refused to testify before the commission at all, though he later relented.
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词组短语

    短語

  • He Relented 他溫和下來
  • But Relented 但心軟
  • I Relented Down 我心軟下來
  • Life is not relented 生命不停歇
  • But Then Relented 但後來態度軟化

英英字典

    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.