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

• Finally the doctor relented and allowed her to leave the hospital.
  最后大夫松口了（=松了口），同意她出院。
• At first she threatened to dismiss me, but later she relented.
  起初她威胁要解雇我，但后来她态度软化了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Corey never relented, and was eventually crushed to death under the massive weight.
  科里没有妥协，并最终因负重过大而被压死。
• I'm glad I relented in the end
  我很高兴自己的态度最终缓和了下来。
• 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。
• Turned down for marriage due to his dark complexion, an Indian man staged a hunger strike outside his would be bride's house for two days before she finally relented, an official said Saturday.
  一位官员于上周六称，一名印度小伙由于长得黑而遭其“准新娘”拒绝后，在她家门外守了两天，并用上了绝食一招，致使女孩最终“妥协”。
• Afterward he relented and let his daughter see her boyfriend.
  后来他缓和了，并且让他的女儿见她的男朋友。
• For a second time, I retreated a step while my attacker relented in his attack.
  我再一次后退了一步，同时，我的袭击者的攻击也减缓了。