relent

/rɪˈlent/📚 16071 1

IIf you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. ^发慈悲

verb [vi. 不及物动词]变宽容，变温和；终于同意，不再反对；（天气）转晴，缓和，转好；<旧>使变温和，减轻

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。

re + lent (借) → 借钱给人缓和他的经济困难 → 缓和

relent

vi. 变温和，变宽厚；减弱；缓和

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与“relent”相关联的词汇

复合词relentless/rɪˈlentləs/adj. 无情的；残酷的；不间断的