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.- 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。
- Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry.
- VERB (天气)转晴,缓和,转好
If bad weatherrelents, it improves.- 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。
- If the weather relents, the game will be finished today.
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。