relent
英 [rɪˈlent]
美 [rɪˈlent]
v. 终于答应; 不再拒绝; 变缓和; 变温和; 减弱
过去式：relented 现在分词：relenting 过去分词：relented 第三人称单数：relents 复数：relents
Collins.1 / BNC.18525 / COCA.15454
牛津词典
verb
- 终于答应；不再拒绝
to finally agree to sth after refusing- ‘Well, just for a little while then,’ she said, finally relenting.
“好吧，不过只能待一会儿。”她最后终于答应了。
- ‘Well, just for a little while then,’ she said, finally relenting.
- 变缓和；变温和；减弱
to become less determined, strong, etc.- After two days the rain relented.
两天后，雨势减弱了。 - The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
警方将继续严厉打击犯罪活动。
- After two days the rain relented.
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.
英英释义
verb
双语例句
- I asked him if he could not approach Dick White to see if some pressure could be exerted on Hollis to relent.
我问他，他是否可以去找迪克·怀特，看看能否对霍利斯施加一点压力，让他态度缓和一些。 - So we will not relent until the terrorists who plot murder against our people are found and dealt with.
因此，在阴谋杀害我国人民的恐怖分子被抓获并被惩治以前，我们绝不罢休。 - Hopes that the US might relent on targets were always overly optimistic.
寄希望于美国在减排目标问题上让步，未免过于乐观。 - After a pause and a prolonged gaze, she resumed; addressing me in accents of indignant disappointment&` Oh, you see, Nelly, he would not relent a moment to keep me out of the grave.
在一阵沉默和长久的凝视之后，她又讲话了；带着愤慨的失望声调对我说&啊，你瞧，耐莉，他都不肯暂时发发慈悲好让我躲开坟墓。 - Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up.
不愿意去宽容而显现冷酷。 - And the United States of America will not relent until this war is won.
美国在赢得这场战争的胜利之前会一直保持攻势。 - But we have put al Qaeda on a path to defeat, and we will not relent until the job is done.
但是，我们已经把基地逼上了一条失败之路，我们在实现目标之前不会松懈。 - But if it does not relent, foreign computer makers should draw a line at this unwarranted extension of government information control and refuse to go along.
不过，如果他们没有通融的意思，外国电脑制造商应该与这种政府信息控制权的不当延伸划清界限，拒绝就范。 - The Arab League, Saudi Arabia and the Turkish Foreign Minister pressed Syria to relent.
阿拉伯国家联盟、沙特阿拉伯以及土耳其外交部长要求叙利亚立即停火。 - That may have pressured Baosteel to relent.
这可能迫使宝钢软化了立场。