remission
noun /rɪˈmɪʃn/
/rɪˈmɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- a period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patient seems to get better
（重病的）缓解期，减轻期 - in remission The patient has been in remission for the past six months.
在过去的六个月中，病人的病情已经有所缓解。 - The symptoms reappeared after only a short remission.
短暂的康复之后，症状再次出现。 - a period of remission
缓解期
- in remission The patient has been in remission for the past six months.
- (British English) a reduction in the amount of time somebody spends in prison, especially because they have behaved well
减刑；减少服刑时间 - With remission for good behaviour, he could be out by the end of the year.
由于表现良好而获得减刑，他可能会在年底出狱。 - She has been granted a remission of sentence.
她已获准减刑。 - He lost two months’ remission after he attacked another prisoner.
他袭击另一名囚犯后，失去了两个月的减刑。
WordfinderTopics Crime and punishmentc2- cell
- death row
- discharge
- justice
- parole
- prison
- probation
- remission
- sentence
- warder
- With remission for good behaviour, he could be out by the end of the year.
- (formal) an act of reducing or cancelling the amount of money that somebody has to pay
（应付费用的）减少，免除 - New businesses may qualify for tax remission.
新的企业有资格享受税收减免。 - There is a partial remission of fees for overseas students.
对留学生可以减免部分费用。
- New businesses may qualify for tax remission.
词源Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’.