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respite

英 /ˈrespaɪt/美 /ˈrespɪt/
  • n.
    （不快或困难的）暂缓，暂延；（做不喜欢的事之前的）暂缓，喘息
  • v.
    <罕>暂缓执行（判决），暂缓履行（义务等）
复数respites
第三人称单数respites
现在分词respiting
过去式respited
过去分词respited
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词语例句

  1. （不快或困难的）暂缓，暂延n.

    • The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.

      药物暂时缓解了疼痛。

    • She continued to work without respite.

      她连续工作，没有休息。

  2. （做不喜欢的事之前的）暂缓，喘息n. (sing.)

    • 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。

  3. <罕>暂缓执行（判决），暂缓履行（义务等）vt.

    • This execution is only respited two years.

      该死刑仅被缓期两年。

  1. There was no respite from the suffocating heat.
    闷热的天气根本没有缓解。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.
    货币贬值只会给经济一个短时间的暂缓。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. There will be little respite from the dense data smog, which some researchers fear may be poisonous.
    浓密的数据烟雾将不会有所缓解，一些研究者担心这些数据烟雾可能是有毒的。

相关短语

  • payment respite
    延期付款；逾期付款
  • respite service
    暂托服务
  • No Respite
    刻不容缓
  • Joyous Respite
    欢畅歇息
  • Napper's Respite
    火焰兵；安眠睡帽

同义词

n.
remission
缓解；暂缓；暂时的休息；[法]缓期执行
vt.
stay of execution
使缓解；使暂缓；使延期；[法]缓期执行

词义分布

缓解
64.7%
暂缓
23.5%
暂息
11.8%

英英释义

  • n.a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
  • n.a pause from doing something (as work)
  • n.an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  • n.a pause for relaxation
  • n.the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
  • v.postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

词源

  • respite暂停，暂缓
    来自古法语 respit,延迟，来自拉丁语 respectus,考虑，思考，来自 re-,再，-spect,看，词源同 despite,retrospect.比喻用法，即再看再研究，引申词义暂停，暂缓。