柯林斯英汉双解大词典
relent /rɪˈlɛnt/ TEM8 ( relenting, relented, relents )
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V-I If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. 发慈悲
例：Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry.
他的母亲终于发慈悲，允许她最小的儿子结婚。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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I shall disclose some of his opinions of you, privately expressed to me, unless he relents a little.
除非他变得心平气和一点，不然，我预备把他私下跟我讲对于你的若干意见揭发出来。
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Jack orders them to drop their weapons. They in turn hold DeSalvo at gunpoint, and Jack relents in the standoff.
杰克命令他们放下武器，他们反而却将迪沙佛置于枪口下，杰克在僵局中软了下来。
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Now, with the shares trading at less than half that amount, it is going to cost Mr. Moynihan twice as much if he relents.
现在，股票的交易价格连这个数字的一半都不到，如果莫伊尼汗的态度缓和下来，他将要付出两倍的成本。
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On the other hand,when he, even Oedipus himself, when he understands and he relents,and in a sense he apologizes for what he's done,but more importantly,he ceases,of course, to be powerful and to act in that way,wisdom comes to him.
另一方面,即便是俄狄浦斯自己,当他对他的所作所为开始反思,悔过,更为重要的是他选择了让步,他变得强大,智慧再次降临到他的头上
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