relent
音标发音
- 英式音标 [rɪˈlent]
- 美式音标 [rɪˈlɛnt]
- 国际音标 [ri'lent]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vi. 变温和，变宽厚；减弱；缓和
- vt. 使变温和；减轻
- v. 再借给（relend的过去分词）
词根记忆
- re + lent(柔软的)→心肠软了下来→变温和，变宽厚
- re + lent(借)→借钱给人缓和他的经济困难→缓和
同根派生
英汉例句
- 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. - Your own family might in time relent.
你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和. - 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. - 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. - 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.
词组短语
- relent t 减弱;动怜悯心;变温和
- milden relent 变温和
- to relent 让步
- relent detail 变仁慈
- be less intrasigent relent 指口头上不再坚持
短语
英英字典
- to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before
- If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do.