Lenient的意思|Lenient的解释-里氏词典

lenient ['li:njәnt]

a. 宽大的, 温和的, 慈悲为怀的

[法] 宽大的, 仁慈的

lenient

[ adj ]

tolerant or lenient

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indulgent parents risk spoiling their children

too soft on the children

they are soft on crime

not strict

<adj.all>

an easy teacher

easy standards

lenient rules

an easy penalty

characterized by tolerance and mercy

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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.

Some analysts are skeptical that Texas Air will keep the MaxSaver fare in its current form because its relatively lenient two-day advance purchase requirement makes it available to almost everybody except businessmen traveling on short notice.
She admitted accepting $7,000 in bribes to rule in favor of defendants and hand down lenient sentences.
At March 31, the three institutions had a total negative net worth of about $3.8 billion, and that figure is based on some lenient regulatory accounting principles.
Kahn had been critical of what he saw as an overly lenient policy toward mergers under the Reagan administration.
In announcing its decision, the Assemblies of God elders disregarded a more lenient three-month suspension recommended by the church in Louisiana.
Both the FDIC and Clarke's office have agreed to a risk-adjusted standard starting in 1991, which would apply a more lenient test to banks holding safer investments such as home mortgages and government securities.
The mugging victim, Gertrude George, was not in court on Monday but had sent Slavin a letter urging him to be lenient.
A mugging victim who says she was saved from "certain death" when a neighbor shot her two assailants has asked a judge to be lenient when he sentences her rescuer for an earlier drug conviction.
Regulators could impose very stringent standards on S&Ls, only to wind up having to write more lenient rules a year later when the new risk-adjusted bank standards for banks take effect.
Some of the parents were strict, some were lenient, all were caring.
Chrysler executives also recently reached a tentative agreement on more lenient terms on its revolving lines of credit with banks.
The disagreement highlights a larger issue, as world stock markets become increasingly entwined and U.S. markets expand overseas: Can a system meeting tough U.S. regulations compete with more lenient foreign systems?
The defendant then said softly, "There's nothing I can do about it, man." The turmoil Wednesday was sparked when Kindler asked Dr. Daniel Schwartz if Smith could be faking insanity to receive lenient treatment.
"We're by far the most lenient country in the world.
"The department should be a little more lenient.
Some Big Board floor sources said yesterday that the existing capital requirements are so lenient that most specialist firms already exceed them and should easily be able to accommodate the new guidelines.
A pro-Iranian group, Holy Warriors for Freedom, claimed responsibility for the abductions and said their eventual releases were a "goodwill gesture" to win a lenient sentence for Hamadi.
While the case is unusual because the victim, rather than the defendant took the drug, Judge Lewis says he decided to be lenient because he was convinced that the drug caused the father's violence.
Milken, one of the most powerful financiers of the 1980s, is expected to be indicted on fraud and racketeering charges shortly unless he agrees to plead guilty in exchange for more lenient treatment.
Terrell faces the same possible penalty as Adams, but said he would not plead guilty despite Adams' lenient treatment.
Some critics say Mr. Bush's lenient attitude toward Beijing, which sent a signal of business-as-usual, now further complicates the decision, even if a renewal were accompanied by rhetoric calling on China to alter its behavior.
In turn, Brussels is likely to be lenient with laggard member states. 'We expect member states to be understanding of traders' difficulties,' he said yesterday.
Separately, the agency said it is adopting a more lenient policy on the tax treatment of pre-1987 stipend income of graduate students.
A federal judge refused to reduce the insider-trading sentence of Robert M. Wilkis, a major figure in the Dennis B. Levine case, saying that the sentence couldn't have been more lenient.
But officials indicate spouses who aren't eligible can't receive the more lenient treatment.
Still, Mr. Morvillo scoffs at the notion of ranking judges as lenient or harsh in sentencing.
After the hearing, Ms. Fernandez and Weimer said they were surprised by the lenient sentence and would concentrate on reuniting Ms. Fernandez with her child, Anjuli.
The EC could be more lenient if it believes Paris has put forward a viable plan for Renault.
Approval of lenient accounting for certain farm loan losses fulfills a provision in a banking law enacted this year and is being duplicated by the Federal Reserve and the Comptroller of the Currency.
Judge Yasar Atasagun said the law called for at least two years' imprisonment but that he was lenient.

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