relent
英[rɪ'lent]
美[rɪ'lent]
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v.
变宽厚；变温和；动怜悯之心；缓和；（坏天气）变好
TEM8 GRE
Verb:
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give in, as to influence or pressure
- 1. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Your own family might in time relent.
- 你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和.
来自辞典例句
- 3. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. In the light of these things, should I relent?
- 你也向他浇了奠祭,献了供物,因这事我岂能容忍 吗 ?
来自互联网
用作动词 (v.)
- At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented.
起初她威胁要解雇我们所有的人，但是后来她态度软化了。
- The other students persuaded him to relent.
其他的学生劝说他要变得温和些。
- 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。
- The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent.
我们为完成此项任务受到的压力不会减轻。
- The rain relented just long enough for me to go shopping.
雨小了一阵，刚好够我去买东西的时间。
- The hurricane finally relented.
飓风终于减弱了。
