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单词 leniency
释义
leniency
noun[U]
uk
/ˈliː.ni.ən.si/us
/ˈliː.ni.ən.si/
treatmentin which someone ispunishedorjudgedlessstronglyorseverelythan would beexpected:
宽大；仁慈
Thedefendinglawyeraskedfor leniency on thegroundsof her client'syouth.辩护律师以其当事人还年轻为由请求宽大处理。
But for the leniency of thereferee, theplayerwould have beensentoff.如果不是裁判的宽宏大量，这名球员就会被罚下场。
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More examples
  • Thecourtswereurgedto show leniency toward theboy.
  • Hisdecisionbroughtwidespreadcriticismforundueleniency.
  • Hisvictimsweredisappointedwith the leniency of thesentence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lenient & merciful
  • charitable
  • charitably
  • charity
  • clemency
  • ease
  • ease up/off
  • easy
  • go easyidiom
  • have a heart!idiom
  • heart
  • lenient
  • magnanimous
  • magnanimously
  • merciful
  • mercy
  • quarter
  • squishy
(Definition ofleniencyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleniency

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Muchleniency, however, was less visible to the public.
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In these cases, the judges showed no suchleniencyto female defendants or their male lovers.
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As events were to show, thisleniencyon the part of the authorities was distinctly premature.
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Neither did analysis of court sentencing point conclusively to preferential treatment of women over men, though there were some indications of greaterleniency.
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Indeed, it provides a foil for the species ofleniencywhich raku seems to embody.
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Seeking government support may be associated with advantages other than regulatoryleniency, and therefore not necessarily specific for pollution-intensive industries.
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A policy ofleniencyor strictness was clearly but an incidental and political means to that desired end.
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In either case, one can only appreciate in retrospect the irony in the judicialleniencytowards the new partisan role experts took as witnesses.
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Theleniencyof such requirements varies a lot across countries.
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It could, however, also be seen as an opportunity, given that the parties could muster some conceptualleniencytoward each other.
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Collectivists, in contrast, are expected to show greaterleniencytowards the unemployed across all aspects of their treatment.
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Perhaps, theleniencynoted here should be counted among the experiments.
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In many cases this 'leniency' was possible because the original sentence had been questionable or obviously unwarranted.
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Proof of the accused's good behaviour after the filing of the information did not always promptleniencyfrom the government.
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Theleniencyand accommodation shown to various individual marital strategies are understandable in the context of their investment in the social status quo.
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