譲歩する
解説 Definition
それまでの拒否や強硬な態度を和らげ、譲歩することを表します。relent の三人称単数現在形です。
Third-person singular present form of relent, meaning that someone stops resisting, becomes less severe, or agrees to something after previously refusing, often because of pressure, repeated requests, or a change of feeling.
使い方 Usage
- he、she、the leader など、三人称単数の主語と使う現在形です。 Use this present-tense form with a third-person singular subject, such as he, she, or the leader.
- finally relents は「ついに折れる」、relents under pressure は「圧力を受けて譲歩する」を表します。 Finally relents describes someone eventually giving in; relents under pressure describes concession in response to pressure.
- relent は /t/ で終わるため、relents の語尾 -s は /s/ と発音します。 Because relent ends in /t/, the final -s in relents is pronounced /s/.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
固かった態度が緩み、相手の求めに応じる場面を思い浮かべましょう。relent に -s が付いた relents は、he や she などの主語と結び付けて覚えます。
Picture a firm attitude softening until the person agrees. Remember relents as relent plus -s, paired with subjects such as he or she.
例文
The leader relents under pressure.
リーダーは圧力に屈して譲歩する。
She finally relents and agrees to his request.
彼女はついに折れて、彼の要求に応じる。
relents の類義語・関連語
relents の語源・成り立ち Etymology
relents は relent の三人称単数形。中英語 relenten「やわらぐ・溶ける」に由来し、語幹 lent はラテン語 lentus「しなやかな・ゆるい」と結びつけられる。関連語に relentless があり、硬さや厳しさがふっと緩む感覚から「容赦する」という意味になった。
Relents is the third-person singular present form of relent. Relent developed from Middle English and Anglo-French forms meaning to become less harsh, slacken, or soften, ultimately associated with Latin lentus, “flexible, slow, or tenacious.” The semantic image is of rigidity or severity becoming looser. English adds the regular ending -s to the base verb relent for a singular third-person subject in the simple present. Relentless is a related formation meaning “not relenting.”
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