词根:len = soft
来自拉丁语的len意为soft。
同源词:
1. relentless(根本没有温柔的 re(=intensive) + len(=soft) + less (=without))
adj.毫无留情的,冷酷的;不断的
relentlessly adv.残酷地
I fell victim to her relentless flirting and finally agreed to a date.我终于抵挡不住她不断的调情,答应和她约会。
2. unrelenting
adj.决不宽恕的;冷酷无情的;不缓和的 *un(=not),re(=again)
unrelenting pressure/attacks 毫无缓解的压力/无情的攻击
3. relent
v.变宽厚,变温和 *re(again)
At last their mother relented and allowed the children to stay up and watch TV.最终,母亲心软了,允许孩子们看电视看到很晚。
4. lenient
adj.(处罚)宽大的;仁慈的
lenience /leniency n.宽大,宽容
lenient parents / judges 宽大仁慈的父母/法官
5. lenity
n.慈悲;宽大
词根词缀:avari-
【来源及含义】Latin: greed, greedy
【同源单词】avarice, avaricious, avariciously, avariciousness, avarist, Avarus non implebitur pecunia
词根词缀:brycho-, brych-, bryco-, bryc-, bryko-, bryk-
【来源及含义】Greek: to eat nosily or greedily; to eat with much noise, to tear or rip into pieces
【相关词根词缀】 Related "eat, eating" word units: esculent-; esophago-; glutto-; phago-; vor-. Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment": alimento-; broma-; carno-; cibo-; esculent-; sitio-; tropho-; Eating Crawling Snacks; Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets"; Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters; Eating: Omnivorous.
【同源单词】brychocarnivorous, brychomania, brychomnivorous, brychophobia, Ixobrychus exilis, Onobrychis
词根词缀:gyno-, gyn-, gynaeco-, gyneco-, gyne-, -gynia, -gynic, gynec-, -gynist, -gynous, -gyny
【来源及含义】Greek: woman, women, female, females
【相关描述】Many of the words from these Greek elements refer to botanic or other biological nomenclature.
【相关词根词缀】 Related "woman, female" units: anilo-; fem-; mulie-; virgo-.
【同源单词】acrogynous, adynamogynous, agynary, agynous, androgygreed, androgynoid