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　

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牛津词典

verb

• 终于答应；不再拒绝
  to finally agree to sth after refusing
  1. ‘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。
• 变缓和；变温和；减弱
  to become less determined, strong, etc.
  1. After two days the rain relented.
     两天后，雨势减弱了。
  2. The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
     警方将继续严厉打击犯罪活动。

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.
  1. 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。
• VERB (天气)转晴，缓和，转好
  If bad weatherrelents, it improves.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• give in, as to influence or pressure
  Synonym:yieldsoften

双语例句

• She is going to drag out the engagement, in the hope of making me relent.
  她想把婚约拖下去，打算这样来使我让步。
• 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。
• I will not relent in this struggle for the freedom and security of my country and the civilized world.
  我不会在这场为我的国家和文明世界的自由与安全所作的斗争中松懈自己的斗志。
• But we have put al Qaeda on a path to defeat, and we will not relent until the job is done.
  但是，我们已经把基地逼上了一条失败之路，我们在实现目标之前不会松懈。
• Your own family might in time relent.
  你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和。
• The Arab League, Saudi Arabia and the Turkish Foreign Minister pressed Syria to relent.
  阿拉伯国家联盟、沙特阿拉伯以及土耳其外交部长要求叙利亚立即停火。
• 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。
• 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。
• "In your arms take me as I relent"
  ‘让我溶化在你的双臂’
• 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。