respite

英 [ˈrespaɪt]

美 [ˈrespɪt]

n.  暂停; 暂缓; 短暂的延缓; 喘息
v.  延期; 缓期执行（死刑）; 使休息; 使（苦痛等）暂时停止; 使缓和; [军]停付（军人）薪饷

复数：respites　现在分词：respiting　过去式：respited　第三人称单数：respites　过去分词：respited　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11176 / COCA.12950

牛津词典

noun

• 暂停；暂缓
  a short break or escape from sth difficult or unpleasant
  1. The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
     药物暂时缓解了疼痛。
  2. There was no respite from the suffocating heat.
     闷热的天气根本没有缓解。
  3. She continued to work without respite.
     她连续工作，没有休息。
  4. respite care (= temporary care arranged for old, mentally ill, etc. people so that the people who usually care for them can have a rest)
     暂缓性照料
• 短暂的延缓；喘息
  a short delay allowed before sth difficult or unpleasant must be done
  1. His creditors agreed to give him a temporary respite.
     他的债权人同意给他一个喘息的机会。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （不快事情中的）喘息，缓解，暂息
  Arespiteis a short period of rest from something unpleasant.
  1. It was some weeks now since they had had any respite from shellfire.
     他们已经好几周没有在炮火中获得任何喘息的机会了。
• N-SING （不快或困难的）暂缓，暂延
  Arespiteis a short delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
  1. Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.
     贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。

英英释义

noun

• a pause from doing something (as work)
  1. we took a 10-minute break
  2. he took time out to recuperate
  Synonym:recessbreaktime out
• the act of reprieving
  Synonym:reprieve
• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  Synonym:suspensionreprievehiatusabatement
• a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
  Synonym:reprieve
• a pause for relaxation
  1. people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests
  Synonym:restreliefrest period

verb

• postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
  Synonym:reprieve

双语例句

• Just this short respite can help stabilize your energy fields and bring you back to center.
  只需要这短暂的休息就可以帮你稳定你的能量场，并带你回到焦点上。
• Massaging neck, it can respite the pain on neck and shoulder.
  ⊙按摩颈部，可缓解颈部肩部的酸胀及疼痛。
• Changing your grip may bring temporary respite, or calamity.
  或许抓个不同的部位会暂时缓解局面，但也可能大祸临头。
• The Black Knight casts Death's Respite on the herald, killing him.
  黑骑士对使者施展索命咒，做了他。
• It was some weeks now since they had had any respite from shellfire.
  他们已经好几周没有在炮火中获得任何喘息的机会了。
• The markets have been relatively calm of late, but politicians would be foolish to mistake respite for resolution.
  最近市场相对平静，但政客们如果错把喘息当做终结就太愚蠢了。
• Take a respite from one's work The picture show will be shut for a week.
  暂停工作，休息一下画展将暂停开放一星期。
• This plan enabled the oiler and the correspondent to get respite together.
  这个计划使加油工和记者能一起稍事休息。
• She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.
  她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
• Ellie and Michael designed the upstairs master suite as a respite from their busy lives.
  埃莉和迈克尔设计了繁忙的生活得到一个喘息的机会的二楼主人套房。