- 1寬容的；寬大的；不嚴格的（罰得輕、要求低）
Lenient means not strict when you punish someone, or not strict about the standard you expect. A lenient teacher may give you one more day. A lenient court gives a lighter sentence. A lenient parent lets things slide. It is not the same as kind: a lenient person can still be cold — they just do not come down hard. Though actually, the word is as often a complaint as praise: “too lenient” means people think the rule should bite more. It is a little more formal than easy-going or soft. Its home is parents, teachers, judges, bosses, and rules — not pillows, and not “nice” in general.
From the word’s history
From Middle French lenient, from Latin leniens, of lenire 'to soften', from lenis 'soft'.
源自拉丁文 lēnīre「使柔軟、安撫」，來自 lēnis「柔軟」。
組成From older French lénient, from Latin lēniēns, the “-ing” form of lēnīre, “to soften, soothe,” from lēnis, “soft.”
同家族的字
- leniencythe noun: the quality of being lenient
- lenientlythe adverb: in a lenient way
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lenientadj/ˈliːni.ənt/
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Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
- The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion.
- But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master; I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character; to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad.
lenientnoun/ˈliːni.ənt/
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medicinesciencesA lenitive; an emollient.
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