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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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

• We worked for hours without respite.
  我们不停歇地工作了几个小时。
• 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。
• At midnight my temporary respite from blindness would cease, and permanent night would close in on me again.
  午夜，我那短暂的失明后的重见状态就终止了，永恒的黑夜重又回到我身上。
• The noise went on all night without a moment's respite.
  噪音一刻不停地持续了一整夜。
• Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.
  贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, an improving US economy and some respite in Europe are stoking an appetite for risk.
  与此同时，美国经济的改善和欧洲危局的缓解大幅提升了风险偏好。
• But just as prices were starting to look frothy, particularly for Lafite, April produced some much-needed respite.
  但正当价格尤其是拉菲（lafite）开始给人以泡沫感时，4月份迎来了亟需的喘息。
• But for the residents of Tongzhou, some respite is in sight.
  不过对于通州的居民来说，或许有望获得一点喘息的机会了。
• Diversification provided some respite, but, overall, most portfolios got mauled.
  多样化投资提供了一些缓解，但是总的来说，大部分投资组合都受到了打击。