lenient是什么意思,lenient怎么用

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📰 外刊例句

Saudi Arabia had been lobbying Mr Biden to make sure that any deal America struck with Iran was not too lenient . 沙特阿拉伯一直在游说拜登,以确保美国与伊朗达成的任何协议都不会过于宽松。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] (of punishment or a person in authority) permissive, merciful, or tolerant
[形容词] (指惩罚或当权者)纵容的、仁慈的或宽容的


💡 深入解读

Lenient 是一个与熟词 strict 含义相反的单词。该词源自拉丁语lenis(温和的、温柔的、平静的),17世纪中期经法语lenient进入英语,原用来表示“放松的、舒缓的”,不过这个含义现已不再流行。转而到了1787年后, lenient 开始发展出现在的主要含义指“宽容的、宽大的、宽松的、仁慈的”,多指法官、统治者、当权者或其惩罚、处理、评分、态度等在纪律或严谨上放松,不如预期的那样严格、严厉或有力,

比如:

The judge was far too lenient with the fiend.该法官对这个恶魔过于宽容。

The eminent teacher was lenient both in his marking of homework and also in his treatment of offenders.这位出色的老师批改作业打分松,对犯规学生处理也宽。


📚 名著用例

I would ask you, dearest, to be very generous with him always, and very lenient on his faults when he is not by. 我想求你,我最亲爱的,对他永远要十分地宽厚慷慨,在他不在场的时候,对他的缺点也要非常地宽容。

— 出自《英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯(Charles Dickens)创作的长篇历史小说《双城记》( A Tale of Two Cities )。》


🔍 同近义词

  • merciful: showing or exercising mercy
  • clement: (of a person or a person's actions) merciful
  • indulgent: having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to or lenient with someone
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