relenting

英 [rɪˈlentɪŋ]

美 [rɪˈlentɪŋ]

v.  终于答应; 不再拒绝; 变缓和; 变温和; 减弱
relent的现在分词

现在分词：relenting　

GRE

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

• Persistent – The ability to endure in the face of adversity. It is a patient and relenting effort to achieve despite difficulties.
  坚持不懈&面对逆境的忍受能力，不畏艰险，通过耐心而宽容努力实现目标。
• "Of course it is Saturday night, Peter," Wendy said, relenting.
  当然这是礼拜六晚上，彼得。温迪说，有点回心转意了。
• If you still think about such things in terms of my stock portfolio and her student loan and credit card bills, even after her relenting for your career ambitions, matrimonial harmony will not be forthcoming.
  在她为你的职业发展做出迁就之后，如果你仍从你的股票投资组合、她的学生贷款和信用卡账单这样的角度来看待问题，那么你们可能很难实现和谐的婚姻关系。
• She'll relent; she's coming. She found her heart relenting in spite of her.
  “她会宽恕的，她已经心软了.”她发现自己的心不由自主地软下来了。
• Our passion for excellence drives us to run the extra mile, never stopping, never relenting.
  追求卓越的热情，驱使我们格外地努力，从不休息也不减速。
• There is no sign of the warring parties relenting on the ground, whatever assurances they gave during the negotiations.
  不论在谈判中他们作出什么保证，交战各方没有停止地面战斗的迹象。
• He thought that she was relenting, and already assumed the airs of a victor.
  他觉得她的情绪有些缓和了，因此已摆出一幅胜利者的姿态。
• When he came home at night, his heart relenting and growing hot for love of her.
  晚上他回家时，火气已消，燃起一股对她炽热的爱。
• Her book is a memoir that ends with her relenting ( sort of) when the younger of her two teenage daughters refuses to go along with the "extreme parenting" Ms.
  她的新书是一部回忆录，结尾讲述的是她的小女儿拒绝忍受这种“极端的教育方式”。
• Gradually the tension was subsiding, gradually the governor was relenting.
  风潮渐渐地平息了。