lenient

英['liːniənt] 美['liːniənt]
  • adj. 宽大的;仁慈的
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星级词汇:
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 宽大的,仁慈的 mild in responding to bad behavior

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. tolerant or lenient;

    "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"
    "too soft on the children"
    "they are soft on crime"

  2. not strict;

    "an easy teacher"
    "easy standards"
    "lenient rules"
    "an easy penalty"

  3. characterized by tolerance and mercy

1. Professor Oswald takes a sightly more lenient view.
奥斯瓦尔德教授的观点稍微温和些。

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2. The judge was lenient with him.
法官对他很宽大.

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3. You should be lenient with them.
你应从宽对待他们.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. The judge was lenient with the wrongdoer.
法官对这个犯人很宽大.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Don't be too lenient with him.
对他不能太温情了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Most of the others appealed against their life prison sentences with death, hoping for more lenient ones.
      其他大部分罪犯都进行了上诉,反对法院对他们终生监禁的判决,并希望受到更宽大的处理。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. It's a question of finding the means between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.
      问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。
    用作表语 S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
    1. They believe that judges are too lenient with terrorist suspects.
      他们认为法官们对恐怖嫌疑分子过于宽容。