STRICTnot strict in the way you punish someone or in the standard you expect 宽大的,仁慈的
the lenient sentences handed down by some judges
一些法官作出的宽大判决
School examiners say that marking has become more lenient in recent years.
学校的阅卷人称近年来评分标准放宽了。
—lenientlyadverbadv
—leniency, lenience noun [uncountableU]
the trend towards greater leniency for most offenders
对大多数违法者宽大处理的倾向
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lenient• The prosecutionlawyerchallenged the sentence as being unduly lenient.• In the mid 1970s Soviet emigration policies became more lenient.• Many argue that such an appeal by the Crown against too lenient a sentence is simply not cricket.• After a hundred miles he grew lenient and took out bread-and-buttersandwiches from the back of the car.• The younger teachers generally had a more lenientattitude towards their students.• He was given a comparatively lenientfine.• He will press for stricter, not more lenient, pollution controls.• That is a nearly four-fold increase over the number who lost out under the old, more lenientrules.• a very lenient sentence• Some police officers have criticized judges for being too lenient with car thieves and burglars.• With regard to crimes that are known about, the police and courts may be more lenient with femaleoffenders.• His parents are too lenient with him.• People say she was lenient with me.
Originlenient
(1600-1700)Latin present participle of lenire“to soften”