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relented

英 [rɪˈlentɪd]

美 [rɪˈlentɪd]

v.  终于答应; 不再拒绝; 变缓和; 变温和; 减弱
relent的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

  • When the landlady relented, it was good, old-fashioned Chinese values that did the trick.
    房东太太的态度温和下来,是由于好心的旧式中国价值观起了作用。
  • Meanwhile, his father had relented and agreed to allow his son to continue his art studies.
    而此时他父亲也心生怜悯,同意他继续学习艺术。
  • Cynthia was more than curious, but she relented when she noticed the strain in her daughter's face.
    莘济亚感到特别奇怪,却是很和蔼谛视着她女儿紧张的脸。
  • 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。
  • Some low-cost carriers, such as easyJet, which had at first refused to use GDSs have relented.
    一些低成本航空公司,如易捷航空,在最开始拒绝使用GDS系统,而现在已经动心了。
  • She eventually relented. Got a remote control for the TV too.
    不过最终她还是让步了,还给电视配了一个遥控器。
  • My parents finally relented and let us go to the party.
    我父母最后发了慈悲,允许我们去参加聚会。
  • Her parents had initially refused to let her go to the party, but eventually they relented.
    她父母起初拒绝让她去参加聚会,但最后心软让步了。
  • At first I balked at the idea. I resisted, but then I remembered the fun the swinging sisters had and I relented.
    起初,我反对这个主意,态度强硬,不过随后想起女儿们当年玩秋千时那种开心的场景,我心软了。
  • But I can say that over the past four years, I never relented my efforts in performing my duty.
    但是,这4年以来,我始终丝毫不知疲倦地在进行我所担负的政府的工作。