| 词汇 | relenting |
| 释义 | relenting present participle ofrelent relent verb[ I ] uk /rɪˈlent/ us /rɪˈlent/ to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before: 变温和；变宽容；不再拒绝 Her parents eventually relented and let her go to the party.她父母的态度最后缓和了下来，同意她去参加聚会。 The security guard relented and let them through.保安最后同意了，给他们放了行。 Synonyms soften yield Accepting & agreeing reluctantly accede to something acceptance acquiescence be resigned to somethingidiom bend to something bow bow down to someone cave in concede crack like it or lump itidiom resign yourself to something resignation resigned resignedly resort to something settle for something shoulder tolerate trade something off Examples of relentingrelenting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Relenting to him, they let him descend once more. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The resumption began in 1901 and took over 100 years to complete, with the last remaining freehold resident relenting in 2007. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This was a practice that he continued throughout his seventies, relenting only in his early eighties because of his failing eyesight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Relenting to the demands of majority of the people, the friars later agreed to give the leaders bigger participation in running their respective districts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Not relenting, he returns the puma to nature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Crop failures and production shortfalls are dragging down the standard of living, with no sign of relenting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He's driven by a relenting energy that constantly questions the world around him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their battles continued for forty years, with neither brother relenting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her condition worsened, and her parents became alarmed, finally relenting and administering the prescribed medicine. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the senate refused their demand, the tribunes prevented the election of annual magistrates for five years, before relenting and permitting the election of consular tribunes from 370 to 367. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It knows no relenting or hesitation in its purposes; it stops not in its march of aggression, and leaves us no room to hope for cessation or for pause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Children and adolescents accommodate for 85% of those diagnosed, due to rapid growth spurts occurring at puberty when spinal development is most relenting to genetic and environmental influences. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then follows a long argument on love, of the kind that had not yet passed out of fashion; and, on the relenting of his mistress, the lover wakes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Elizabeth, relenting, urges him to join her and forgives him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Smith perished, never relenting in his determined effort against the enemy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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