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
- I asked him if he could not approach Dick White to see if some pressure could be exerted on Hollis to relent.
我问他，他是否可以去找迪克·怀特，看看能否对霍利斯施加一点压力，让他态度缓和一些。 - And did not the Lord relent, so that he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them?
耶和华就后悔，不把自己所说的灾祸降与他们。 - That may have pressured Baosteel to relent.
这可能迫使宝钢软化了立场。 - But if it does not relent, foreign computer makers should draw a line at this unwarranted extension of government information control and refuse to go along.
不过，如果他们没有通融的意思，外国电脑制造商应该与这种政府信息控制权的不当延伸划清界限，拒绝就范。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。