clement

英 ['klem(ə)nt]美 ['klɛmənt]
  • adj. 温和的；仁慈的
CET6+ GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

clement 仁慈的

来自PIE*klei,倾斜，引申词义倾向，仁慈，词源同client,incline.

英文词源

clement (adj.)
mid-15c., "mild," of persons (attested from early 13c. as a surname), from Old French clement, from Latin clementem (nominative clemens) "mild, placid, gentle" (see clemency). Of weather, 1620s. Taken as a name by several early popes and popular in England as a masculine given name from mid-12c., also in fem. form Clemence.

双语例句

1. Captain David Clement and 150 commandos stormed the port this morning.
戴维·克莱门特上尉和150名突击队员今天早上对港口展开突袭。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Lozano claimed that motorcycle driver Clement Lloyd was trying to run him down.
洛扎诺声称克莱门特·劳埃德骑着摩托车想把他撞伤。
来自柯林斯例句
3. St Clement Danes its name was.'
叫圣克莱门特丹麦人. ”
来自英汉文学
4. He disposed of his rooms in Clement's Inn and went to Italy.
他退了克莱门特旅馆的房间,到意大利去了.
来自辞典例句
5. A clement judge reduced his sentence.
一位仁慈的法官为他减了刑.
来自辞典例句