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

• 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。
• She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.
  只是在几个月以后，我的父母答应她一定要让我上大学，那个时候她才软化同意。
• 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。
• Some low-cost carriers, such as easyJet, which had at first refused to use GDSs have relented.
  一些低成本航空公司，如易捷航空，在最开始拒绝使用GDS系统，而现在已经动心了。
• 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。
• But I can say that over the past four years, I never relented my efforts in performing my duty.
  但是，这4年以来，我始终丝毫不知疲倦地在进行我所担负的政府的工作。
• 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。
• Lily had given up in the end and avoided speaking about magic at all, till Petunia finally relented, and started to speak to her again, telling her all about her new school and new school friends.
  最后莉莉只好放弃，不再提魔法的事。佩妮的态度也终于有所缓和，又开始和她说话了，总是跟她唠叨她的新学校和她的新朋友们。
• Harry was reluctant to start, as usual, but she could hear his boot hitting the accelerator, and the old truck eventually relented.
  像往常一样，哈里总是不情愿启动，不过她能听见他的靴子踹那油门，那老卡车终于屈服了。
• Reay said she relented and called her mother to bring a different outfit, but by then school officials had already suspended her for insubordination.
  Reay说她退了一步叫她母亲拿来了另一套衣服，但是那时学校官员已经因其不服从管理而将其停学。