lenient
['li:njәnt]
a. , 温, 慈悲

[] , 仁慈



lenient
[ adj ]

1. tolerant or lenient

<adj.all>
indulgent parents risk spoiling their children
too soft on the children
they are soft on crime

2. not strict

<adj.all>
an easy teacher
easy standards
lenient rules
an easy penalty

3. characterized by tolerance and mercy

<adj.all>

Lenient \Le"ni*ent\ (l[=e]"n[i^]*ent or l[=e]n"yent), a. [L.
leniens, -entis, p. pr. of lenire to soften, fr. lenis soft,
mild. Cf. {Lithe}.]
1. Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes
followed by of. ``Lenient of grief.'' --Milton.

O?? relax the fibers, are lenient, balsamic.
--Arbuthnot.

Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand.
--Pope.

2. Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a
lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.


Lenient \Le"ni*ent\, n. (Med.)
A lenitive; an emollient.