leniency

IPA/ˈliːniənsi/
KK[lˈinjənsi]IPA/ˈliːniənsi/

leniency — 名詞

1. the practice of treating someone less harshly than usual when they have broken a

1.名詞B2
釋義

寬容；寬大

比預期更溫和的對待或處罰

the practice of treating someone less harshly than usual when they have broken a rule or done something wrong — for example, a judge giving a lighter prison sentence than the law normally requires, or a parent deciding not to ground a child who came home late.

例句

Judge Okonkwo showed leniency toward the young man by giving him community service instead of a prison sentence.

法官 Okonkwo 對這名年輕男子展現寬大，判他從事社區服務而非入獄服刑。

collocation: show leniency toward someone; legal context

The school board decided to show leniency and let the students retake the failed exam.

學校董事會決定寬容處理，讓學生重新補考未通過的科目。

collocation: show leniency

常見搭配
  • show leniency
  • grant leniency
  • ask for leniency
  • plead for leniency
  • beg for leniency
  • expect leniency
  • receive leniency
  • deserve leniency
  • leniency toward / towards someone
  • leniency in sentencing
同義詞
  • clemency

    more formal and narrower — used almost exclusively in legal contexts, especially for reducing a criminal sentence or a governor's pardon

  • mercy

    emphasises compassion or forgiveness, often with a moral or religious tone; broader than leniency

  • forbearance

    formal; stresses patient self-restraint rather than reducing a penalty

反義詞
  • severity

    the opposite of leniency; harshness or strictness in punishment

  • strictness

    rigid enforcement of rules without bending

文法句型

show leniency (toward/to someone)

grant leniency (to someone)

ask for / plead for / beg for leniency

leniency in [noun/-ing form]

用法筆記

The adjective form lenient is far more common in everyday speech ('My teacher was lenient about the deadline'). Leniency itself tends to appear in more formal or written contexts, especially legal or institutional settings.

常見錯誤

The judge showed lenient.
The judge showed leniency.
Lenient is an adjective; after verbs like show, grant, or ask for you need the noun leniency.
He asked for lenience from the court.
He asked for leniency from the court.
Leniency is the standard form; lenience exists but is far less common.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • leniency of the sentence
  • leniency of the punishment
  • leniency of the judge
  • act of leniency
  • policy of leniency

副詞搭配

  • undue leniency
  • relative leniency
  • unexpected leniency
  • excessive leniency
  • remarkable leniency

常用片語

  • show no leniency
  • with no leniency shown
  • as a gesture of leniency
  • in exchange for leniency

介系詞搭配

  • leniency in
  • leniency toward
  • leniency towards