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单词 relent
例句 relentverb

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks

blink, bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, submit, succumb, surrender, yield

acquiescedefer

say uncle, throw in the towel(also throw in the sponge)

resist

contend, fight, hold offbattle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repelthwart, withstand

to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe fury of the storm relented, and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds

abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down)also rachet (down), recede, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane

compress, condense, constrict, contractevaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanishslacken, slow (down)alleviate, relaxflag, sink, weakencave (in), collapse, deflate

accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax

appear, emerge, show upblow up, distend, elongate, lengthen

yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, relent, defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist.yield may apply to any sort or degree of giving way before force, argument, persuasion, or entreaty.yields too easily in any argumentsubmit suggests full surrendering after resistance or conflict to the will or control of another.a repentant sinner vowing to submit to the will of Godcapitulate stresses the fact of ending all resistance and may imply either a coming to terms (as with an adversary) or hopelessness in the face of an irresistible opposing force.officials capitulated to the protesters' demandssuccumb implies weakness and helplessness to the one that gives way or an overwhelming power to the opposing force.a stage actor succumbing to the lure of Hollywoodrelent implies a yielding through pity or mercy by one who holds the upper hand.finally relented and let the children stay up latedefer implies a voluntary yielding or submitting out of respect or reverence for or deference and affection toward another.I defer to your expertise in these matters

in the 15th century

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