英
[r?'lent]
美
[r?'lent]
- v. 變寬厚；變溫和；動(dòng)憐憫之心；緩和；（壞天氣）變好
relent的用法和樣例：
例句
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
- At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented.
起初她威脅要解雇我們所有的人，但是后來(lái)她態(tài)度軟化了。 - The other students persuaded him to relent.
其他的學(xué)生勸說(shuō)他要變得溫和些。 - The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
警方在跟犯罪分子的斗爭中決不手軟。 - The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent.
我們?yōu)橥瓿纱隧椚蝿?wù)受到的壓力不會(huì )減輕。 - The rain relented just long enough for me to go shopping.
雨小了一陣，剛好夠我去買(mǎi)東西的時(shí)間。 - The hurricane finally relented.
颶風(fēng)終于減弱了。
詞匯搭配
- relend 再借
經(jīng)典引文
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My mother sent him packing...Then relented; then sent him off again.
出自： S. Bedford
