| 单词 | lenient |
| 释义 | lenient (liːniənt ) adjective When someone in authority is lenient, they are not as strict or severe as expected. He believes the government is already lenient with drug traffickers. [+ with] Professor Oswald takes a sightly more lenient view. Synonyms: merciful, sparing, gentle, forgiving leniently adverb [ADVERB after verb] Many people believe reckless drivers are treated too leniently. Collocations: lenient punishment You might discuss the problems of harsh or lenient punishment. Christianity Today An overwhelming 160,000 of you bombarded him with complaints about their lenient punishment. The Sun He was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of 2,400 dinars ($1,700; 1,000), a much more lenient punishment than predicted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The new measures follow years of complaints by bereaved families and road safety campaigners about lenient punishments for negligent drivers. Times, Sunday Times Over the past three decades, in response to popular demand after a series of what were seen as lenient punishments, sentences have got tougher. Times, Sunday Times That, and the fact that he helped them arrest his supplier, should have led to a more lenient sentence, he said. Times, Sunday Times Blowing your nose into your glove while wearing it will not result in a more lenient sentence. Times,Sunday Times Within hours, the ruling was referred to the attorney-general's office under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. Times, Sunday Times In other words, the perpetrator expected a lenient sentence that itself would be automatically halved. Times, Sunday Times After being repeatedly denied bail, he pleaded guilty in the hope of obtaining a lenient sentence. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 宽大的 Japanese: 寛大な |
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