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relent v.变宽厚；变温和；动怜悯之心；缓和；（坏天气）变好 (1) 起初她威胁要解雇我们所有的人，但是后来她态度软化了。(2) 其他的学生劝说他要变得温和些。(3) 警方在跟犯罪分子的斗争中决不手软。(4) 我们为完成此项任务受到的压力不会减轻。(5) 雨小了一阵，刚好够我去买东西的时间。(6) 飓风终于减弱了。 The root of relent is the Latin "lentus," which means "to slow down or soften," and the original meaning (from the 15th century, no less) most likely had to do with the heart — as in "to stop resisting love". Now, however, relent can have all manner of relevant applications, but the meaning is always the same: to let up, soften, yield or give in. Often, you'll hear the adjective relentless used to describe someone who won't relent: "The firemen refused to relent; they banged relentlessly on the door until I woke up."

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英 [rɪ'lent] 美 [rɪ'lent] (1) At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented.(2) The other students persuaded him to relent.(3) The police will not relent in their fight against crime.(4) The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent.(5) The rain relented just long enough for me to go shopping.(6) The hurricane finally relented. Being unwilling to relent is a good qualification for a sales person. You have to keep trying to make the sale and never give in until you've made it. 1[VERB 动词]变宽厚；变温和；心软 If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do.   [V]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。2[VERB 动词](天气)转晴，缓和，转好 If bad weather relents, it improves.   [V]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。

英语单词	relent
英美音标	英 [rɪ'lent] 美 [rɪ'lent]
中文释义	v.变宽厚；变温和；动怜悯之心；缓和；（坏天气）变好
英语例句	(1) At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented. (2) The other students persuaded him to relent. (3) The police will not relent in their fight against crime. (4) The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent. (5) The rain relented just long enough for me to go shopping. (6) The hurricane finally relented.
中文例句	(1) 起初她威胁要解雇我们所有的人，但是后来她态度软化了。 (2) 其他的学生劝说他要变得温和些。 (3) 警方在跟犯罪分子的斗争中决不手软。 (4) 我们为完成此项任务受到的压力不会减轻。 (5) 雨小了一阵，刚好够我去买东西的时间。 (6) 飓风终于减弱了。
vocabulary简明	Being unwilling to relent is a good qualification for a sales person. You have to keep trying to make the sale and never give in until you've made it.
vocabulary扩展	The root of relent is the Latin "lentus," which means "to slow down or soften," and the original meaning (from the 15th century, no less) most likely had to do with the heart — as in "to stop resisting love". Now, however, relent can have all manner of relevant applications, but the meaning is always the same: to let up, soften, yield or give in. Often, you'll hear the adjective relentless used to describe someone who won't relent: "The firemen refused to relent; they banged relentlessly on the door until I woke up."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]变宽厚；变温和；心软 If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. [V] 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。 2 [VERB 动词](天气)转晴，缓和，转好 If bad weather relents, it improves. [V] 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。

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