汉英词典
MEANING OF 网开一面
网开一面
(網開一面)
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
Remove the poultry nets on three sides, leaving only one side / Metaphor adopts a forgiving attitude and gives people a way out
把捕禽的网撤去三面，只留一面。比喻采取宽大态度，给人一条出路。
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医院最终网开一面。 The hospital finally relented. | ||
其中有些是我们不得不对其网开一面，例如赋税、坏天气和拥挤的交通等等。 Some of it we have to deal with (taxes, bad weather, traffic). | ||
令人吃惊的是，社会竟对开车者笑脸相迎，悦目以待，对其行为似乎网开一面。 The surprising thing is that society smiles so kindly on the motorist and seems to forgive his for his behavior. | ||
当时我的捷克语不很流利，很难就读硕士学位，但大学还是网开一面，让我入学了。 At the time my Czech was not fluent enough to take a masters degree but the university bent over backwards to enrol me. | ||
因此，一个古往今来一再被验证的道理恐怕不会由于艺术家做的是观念作品就网开一面。 It is not because an artist is doing conceptual art, that this for long been validated principle is suddenly not valid anymore. | ||
