relent /rɪˈlɛnt/ TEM8 ( relenting, relented, relents )

• 1. 

  V-I If you relent, you allow someone to do something that you had previously refused to allow them to do. 发慈悲

  例：

  Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry.

  他的母亲终于发慈悲，允许她最小的儿子结婚。