relent是什么意思？

relent

英[rɪˈlent] 美[rɪˈlɛnt]

• vi. 动怜悯心，发慈悲心；
• vt. 收敛，变温和；

第三人称单数：relents;

过去式：relented;

过去分词：relented;

现在分词：relenting;

例句

• Your own family might in time relent. 你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和.
• 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.
• 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.

同义词

• vi.
  relent的同义词之：宽容;屈服
  soften, submit, bend, give, relax, in, yield,
• relent的同义词之：其他释义
  yield, bend, submit, in, soften, relax, give,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  变宽厚;变温和;心软
  If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do.
  例句
  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 weather relents, it improves.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  怜悯;变温和;变宽厚
  He was cross at first, but later he relented. 他起初很生气,后来变温和了。 At first she threatened to dismiss me, but later she relented. 起初她威胁要解雇我, 但后来她态度软化了。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. give in, as to influence or pressure