v.變寬厚；變溫和；動憐憫之心；緩和；（壞天氣）變好

At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented. 起初她威脅要解雇我們所有的人，但是后來她態(tài)度軟化了。

The other students persuaded him to relent. 其他的學生勸說他要變得溫和些。

The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent. 我們?yōu)橥瓿纱隧椚蝿帐艿降膲毫Σ粫p輕。

The rain relented just long enough for me to go shopping. 雨小了一陣，剛好夠我去買東西的時間。

The hurricane finally relented. 颶風終于減弱了。