respite
noun /ˈrespaɪt/
/ˈrespɪt/
[singular, uncountable]- respite (from something) a short break or escape from something difficult or unpleasant
暂停；暂缓 - The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
药物暂时缓解了疼痛。 - There was no respite from the suffocating heat.
闷热的天气根本没有缓解。 - She continued to work without respite.
她连续工作，没有休息。 - respite care (= temporary care arranged for old, mentally ill, etc. people so that the people who usually care for them can have a rest)
暂时托管（为老人或病人提供短期照料以使长期照顾者获得短暂休息）
Synonyms restrest- break
- respite
- time out
- breathing space
- rest a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity:
- We stopped for a well-earned rest.
我们停下来作个应有的休息。
- We stopped for a well-earned rest.
- break a short period of time when you stop what you are doing and rest or eat:
- Let’s take a break.
咱们休息会儿吧。
- Let’s take a break.
- respite a short break from something difficult or unpleasant:
- The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
药物暂时缓解了疼痛。
- The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
- time out (especially North American English, informal) time for resting or relaxing away from your usual work or studies:
- Take time out to relax by the pool.
去游泳池边歇一歇吧。
- Take time out to relax by the pool.
- breathing space a short rest in the middle of a period of mental or physical effort:
- This delay gives the party a breathing space in which to sort out its policies.
这一延误使该党有了喘息之机来厘定其政策。
- This delay gives the party a breathing space in which to sort out its policies.
- (a) rest/break/respite/time out from something
- to have/take (a) rest/break/time out
- to give somebody (a) rest/break/respite/breathing space
- The storm continued for two hours without respite.
暴风雨不间歇地持续了两个小时。 - The tablets brought temporary respite from the excruciating pain.
这些药片暂时缓解了剧痛。 - They had no respite from the demands of their children.
他们总是被孩子们的要求支得团团转。 - a brief respite from the ringing of the phone
没有电话铃响的片刻
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- little
- momentary
- …
- enjoy
- have
- bring (somebody)
- …
- care
- without respite
- respite from
- a period of respite
- The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
- a short delay allowed before something difficult or unpleasant must be done
短暂的延缓；喘息 - 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。
- His creditors agreed to give him a temporary respite.
词源Middle English: from Old French respit, from Latin respectus ‘refuge, consideration’.