relented

英 [rɪˈlentɪd]

美 [rɪˈlentɪd]

v.  终于答应; 不再拒绝; 变缓和; 变温和; 减弱
relent的过去分词和过去式

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.
  1. 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。
• VERB (天气)转晴，缓和，转好
  If bad weatherrelents, it improves.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• She eventually relented. Got a remote control for the TV too.
  不过最终她还是让步了，还给电视配了一个遥控器。
• I'm glad I relented in the end
  我很高兴自己的态度最终缓和了下来。
• Remembering his covenant, he relented for their sake, because of his great love.
  忆起了他自己恩待他们的盟约，怜悯了他们，只因他的慈爱太多。
• When the landlady relented, it was good, old-fashioned Chinese values that did the trick.
  房东太太的态度温和下来，是由于好心的旧式中国价值观起了作用。
• At last mother relented and allowed the children to stay up and watch TV.
  最后母亲松口了，同意孩子们不睡觉来看电视。
• He eventually relented after the coach made his teammates run laps of the court each time he refused.
  后来，姚明每次拒绝扣篮后，教练就让他的队友在场内跑圈，他终于妥协了。
• Afterwards she relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV.
  后来她宽容了些，让孩子们晚睡看电视。
• Cynthia was more than curious, but she relented when she noticed the strain in her daughter's face.
  莘济亚感到特别奇怪，却是很和蔼谛视着她女儿紧张的脸。
• At first I balked at the idea. I resisted, but then I remembered the fun the swinging sisters had and I relented.
  起初，我反对这个主意，态度强硬，不过随后想起女儿们当年玩秋千时那种开心的场景，我心软了。
• The residents relented eventually, perhaps with the creeping realisation that the days of making easy money are over.
  居民们最终还是罢休了，他们或许渐渐认识到，容易赚钱的日子已经过去了。