lenient /ˈliːnjənt/ adjective Learner's definition of LENIENT
[more lenient; most lenient]
: allowing a lot of freedom and not punishing bad behavior in a strong way : not harsh, severe, or strict寬容的;寬大的;仁慈的 -
a teacher who is lenient with students who have misbehaved對不守規矩的學生寬容的老師
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a lenient teacher仁慈的老師
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a lenient sentence/punishment/policy寬大的判決/懲罰/政策
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Many people felt that the punishment was too lenient.很多人認爲這個懲罰太寬大了。
— leniency
/ˈliːnjənsi/ also lenience /ˈliːnjəns/ noun [noncount]