recess
noun /ˈriːses/, /rɪˈses/
/ˈriːses/, /rɪˈses/
- [countable, uncountable] a period of time during the year when the members of a parliament, committee, etc. do not meet
休会期 - Parliament went into its long summer recess.
议会进入漫长的夏季休会期。 - in recess The court is in recess until October.
法庭休庭至10月。
Topics Politicsc2- Congress returns from its August recess Tuesday.
8 月份休会后，国会于周二恢复工作。 - Parliament is due to rise for the summer recess on July 20.
议会定于 7 月 20 日进入夏季休会期。 - Parliament is taking the Christmas recess a little early this year.
今年议会的圣诞节休会期会稍稍提早一些。 - The Senate will go into recess after Thanksgiving.
参议院将于感恩节之后开始休会。 - The bill has to be passed before the holiday recess.
该法案必须在假日休会期前通过。 - The decision cannot be made while the council is in recess.
委员会休会期间不可作出决定。 - Congress has reconvened from its recess.
国会休会后再次召开会议。 - It is expected to become law before the summer recess.
预计它将在夏季休会前成为法律。 - The peace talks resumed after a month-long recess.
和平谈判在休会一个月后重新开始。 - The report was published while Congress was in recess.
那份报告是在国会休会时公布的。 - Tomorrow MPs break for the Christmas recess.
明天议员们休息，圣诞节休会期到了。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- August
- Christmas
- Easter
- …
- go into
- rise for
- stand in
- …
- in recess
- Parliament went into its long summer recess.
- [countable] a short break in a trial in court
休庭 - The judge called a short recess.
法官宣布短暂休庭。
Topics Law and justicec2- The Florida court stands in recess.
佛罗里达州法院暂时休庭。 - The court will take a brief recess while the witness composes herself.
法庭将短暂地休庭以使证人镇静下来。 - One or two unofficial meetings were held during the recess.
休会期间举行了一两次非正式会议。
- The judge called a short recess.
- (North American English) (British English break, break time)[uncountable] a period of time between lessons at school
课间休息 - He wouldn't play with me at recess.
他课间休息时不愿跟我玩耍。 - I believe kids need more recess time.
我认为小孩需要更多的课间休息时间。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lunch
- spend
- have
- bell
- time
- at recess
- He wouldn't play with me at recess.
- [countable] a part of a wall that is set further back than the rest of the wall, forming a space
壁龛；壁橱；凹室 - a recess for books
放书的壁橱
- There are small recesses in the wall beside the door.
门旁的墙上有些小小的壁凹。 - blinds fitted inside a window recess
在窗帮凹槽安装的百叶窗
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- small
- …
- create
- in recess
- inside recess
- recess in
- …
- a recess for books
- [countable, usually plural] the part of a place that is furthest from the light and hard to see or get to
隐蔽处；幽深处 - He stared into the dark recesses of the room.
他盯着房间里黑暗的角落。 - (figurative) The doubt was still there, in the deep recesses of her mind.
在她的内心深处依然存有疑虑。
- The statue was in the inner recesses of the temple.
雕像在寺庙内的隐秘处。 - fears lurking deep in the recesses of our minds
潜藏于我们内心深处的恐惧 - I had continually pushed my doubts to the darker recesses of my mind.
我一直把怀疑深深地隐藏在心中。 - He searched the innermost recesses of his soul.
他探索自己的内心深处。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- deep
- dim
- …
- hide in
- lurk in
- push something into
- …
- in the recess of
- within the recess of
- the recesses of your brain, heart, soul, etc.
- He stared into the dark recesses of the room.
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘withdrawal, departure’): from Latin recessus, from recedere ‘go back’, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.