| 释义 |
to spend some time away from your usual work or activity in order to rest or do something else instead抽出时间（暂停工作或活动）；忙里偷闲- She is taking time out from her music career for a year.她将抽出一年的时间，暂不从事音乐事业。
Synonyms restrest- break
- respite
- time out
- breathing space
These are all words for a short period of time spent relaxing.- 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。
- 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。
In British English break is a period of time between lessons at school. The North American English word is recess. - 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。
- 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。
- 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。
Patterns- (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
See also time |