英
[rɪ'lent]
美
[rɪ'lent]
- v. 變寬厚；變溫和；動憐憫之心；緩和；（壞天氣）變好
relent的用法和樣例：
例句
用作動詞 (v.)
- At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented.
起初她威脅要解僱我們所有的人，但是後來她態度軟化了。 - The other students persuaded him to relent.
其他的學生勸說他要變得溫和些。 - The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
警方在跟犯罪分子的鬥爭中決不手軟。 - The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent.
我們為完成此項任務受到的壓力不會減輕。 - The rain relented just long enough for me to go shopping.
雨小了一陣，剛好夠我去買東西的時間。 - The hurricane finally relented.
颶風終於減弱了。
辭彙搭配
- relend 再借
經典引文
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My mother sent him packing...Then relented; then sent him off again.
出自： S. Bedford
