- 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.
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組成From older French lénient, from Latin lēniēns, the “-ing” form of lēnīre, “to soften, soothe,” from lēnis, “soft.”
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- leniencythe noun: the quality of being lenient
- lenientlythe adverb: in a lenient way
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
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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