clement

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Lenient or merciful; charitable.
    — I know you are more clement than vilde^([sic – meaning vile]) men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […]
  2. Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
    — The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.

词形变化

more clement comparative most clement superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
clemently
相关词
clemency

词源

From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (“merciful”). Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos. https://www.etymonline.com/word/clemency
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