解释
- adj. 宽大的；仁慈的
- n. (Lenient)人名；(法)勒尼安
※ 提供单词"lenient"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
lenient 宽容的
来自拉丁语lenis,温和的，宽容的，词源同let,lassitude.
英文词源
- lenient (adj.)
- 1650s, "relaxing, soothing," from Middle French lenient, from Latin lenientem (nominative leniens), present participle of lenire "to soften, alleviate, mitigate, allay, calm," from lenis "mild, gentle, calm," probably from PIE root *le- "to leave, yield, let go, slacken" (cognates: Lithuanian lenas "quiet, tranquil, tame, slow," Old Church Slavonic lena "lazy," Latin lassus "faint, weary," Old English læt "sluggish, slow," lætan "to leave behind"). Sense of "mild, merciful" (of persons) first recorded 1787. In earlier use was lenitive, attested from early 15c. of medicines, 1610s of persons.
例句和用法
- 1. Professor Oswald takes a sightly more lenient view.
- 奥斯瓦尔德教授的观点稍微温和些。
- 2. The judge was lenient with him.
- 法官对他很宽大.
- 3. You should be lenient with them.
- 你应从宽对待他们.
- 4. The judge was lenient with the wrongdoer.
- 法官对这个犯人很宽大.
- 5. Don't be too lenient with him.
- 对他不能太温情了.
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