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be lenient with sb
对某人宽容。
The teacher was lenient with the late student.
老师对迟到的学生很宽容。
宽容的；宽大的；仁慈的
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宽容的；宽大的；仁慈的
not strict; tolerant or merciful
The teacher was lenient with the late student.
老师对迟到的学生很宽容。
宽松的；不严格的；容忍异议或偏差的。
Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
宽容或宽松
tolerant or lenient
不严格
not strict
以宽容和仁慈为特征
characterized by tolerance and mercy
The teacher was lenient with the students who submitted their homework late.
老师对迟交作业的学生很宽容。
AI contextual example
My parents are usually lenient about my curfew on weekends.
我父母通常对我周末的宵禁时间很宽松。
AI contextual example
The judge gave a lenient sentence because it was the defendant's first offense.
法官因为被告是初犯而判了较轻的刑罚。
AI contextual example
lenient rules
宽松的规则
WordNet
对某人宽容。
The teacher was lenient with the late student.
老师对迟到的学生很宽容。
对某事物宽容。
They are lenient about the deadline for this project.
他们对这个项目的截止日期很宽松。
在做某事时宽容。
The judge was lenient in sentencing the first-time offender.
法官在判决初犯者时很宽大。
对某人表现出宽容。
The manager is lenient towards employees who make minor mistakes.
经理对犯小错的员工很仁慈。
Not this
The judge was very lenient to the criminal.
Use this
The judge was very lenient with the criminal.
介词搭配错误：表示“对某人宽容”时，应用介词 with 而非 to。
Not this
He has a lenient attitude towards mistakes, which is too lax.
Use this
He has a lenient attitude towards mistakes, which is too permissive.
词义混淆：lax 常含贬义“松懈的”，与 lenient 的中性“宽容的”不同；此处应改用 permissive 或直接删除。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
从轻的判决
The judge gave him a lenient sentence because he was a first-time offender.
因为他是初犯，法官给了他一个从轻的判决。
宽大的法官
The lenient judge let the young man go with just a warning.
那位宽大的法官只警告了那个年轻人一下就让他走了。
宽松的政策
The school has a lenient policy on late homework.
这所学校对迟交作业采取宽松的政策。
对……宽容
My math teacher is very lenient with students who ask questions.
我的数学老师对爱提问的学生非常宽容。
对……宽厚
She is too lenient towards her child, who never listens to her.
她对孩子太宽厚了，以至于孩子从来不听她的话。
过于宽容；宽容得过分
He was lenient to a fault, letting his students break every rule.
他宽容得过分，任凭学生违反所有规矩。
对某事持宽容态度
The teacher took a lenient view of his late homework.
老师对他迟交作业持宽容态度。
对某人宽容
Parents should be lenient with young children.
父母应该对年幼的孩子宽容。
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联想 lend（借）：法官借你一次机会，不严惩，即宽容、宽大。
语域：neutral 常见场景：education、law enforcement、parenting 该词属于中性表达，多用于形容老师、法官、家长等对规则或处罚采取宽容、不严格的态度；日常口语和书面语中都比较常见，正式程度会随具体场合变化。
表示对人宽容时用with，对事物宽容时常用in。
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