| 单词 | without relent |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithout relent The action or an act of relenting; giving way, softening, yielding; (also) remission or slackening of force or speed. Chiefly in negative constructions, esp. without relent. Cf. relentless adj., relentlessly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > decreasing rate of movement or progress relent1580 slowing1598 slowing up1868 slowing down1870 slow-up1874 slowdown1882 deceleration1897 slack1899 slow1954 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] reversec1487 retraction1536 relent1580 declension1597 relentance1629 resentment1646 intercision1647 relenting1694 back-down1862 backing-down1883 back-pedalling1950 step-down1973 1580 J. Bell tr. J. Foxe Pope Confuted f. 9v Ye seeme ready bent to..cut all our heads from our shoulders... The stay wherof surely proceded not of any relent of your crueltie. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. vii. sig. S2 She forward went..Ne rested till she came without relent Vnto the land of Amazons. View more context for this quotation 1616 W. Forde Serm. 40 If vertue, if pietie, could worke any relent in death. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 56 Those [days] which are absolutely Cold and Freezing, without the least Sign of Relent or Yielding. 1785 G. Wallace Nature & Descent Peerages (ed. 2) i. ii. 61 Advantages, which offered and were tempting, were constantly seized, and improved without any relent. 1858 Christian Examiner Nov. 398 The iron sway Of hard necessity, still drives along the miserable mortal throng..without relent. 1860 Ironsides II. iv. 86 She disappeared through the gloomy portal without any sign of relent, and presently the wheels of the heavy family coach were heard rolling slowly away. 1929 Daily Express 7 Nov. 14/2 The pitilessly-moving wheel, creaking and quivering, swung him slowly upwards, without relent. 2008 Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) (Nexis) 28 July (Sports section) 14 With no sign of relent from the weather, the game was suspended. < as lemmas |
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