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单词 clement
释义 clem·ent
\ˈklemənt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin clement-, clemens; probably akin to Greek klinein to lean — more at lean
1.
 a. : characteized by mercy and humaneness in the exercise of power to judge or punish
  < a master as intelligent, as cultivated, and as clement as Caesar — R.P.Oliver >
 b. : giving the impression or creating an effect of mildness, gentleness, or tenderness
  < a bright and clement star shining through the powdery bloom of the dusk — Ellen Glasgow >
2. of weather : mild
 < birds that … seek the clement South — Edna S. V. Millay >
Synonyms: see forbearing
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