respite
['respit]
n. 暂缓, 缓刑
vt. 延迟, 推延
例句与用法:
A welcome respite from hard work.
刻苦工作后令人愉快的短暂休息
The noise went on all night without a moment's respite.
噪音一刻不停地持续了一整夜。
词形变化:
动词过去式: respited | 动词过去分词: respited | 动词现在分词: respiting | 动词第三人称单数: respites |
n.[U][S]
1. 暂缓; (死刑的)缓期执行; (义务的)暂缓履行
2. 暂时的休息(或喘息); (痛苦的)缓解, 暂止
have a brief respite from one's work
工作之余稍作休息
The noise went on all night without respite.
吵闹声整夜不停。
vt.
1. 缓期执行(死刑等); 暂缓履行(义务等)
2. 使暂息; 使(痛苦等)缓解
短语词组:
without (a) respite
1. 不停歇地
She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.
她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
respite
词形变化:
动词过去式: respited | 动词过去分词: respited | 动词现在分词: respiting | 动词第三人称单数: respites |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.使休息; 中断
rest
relief
lull
pause
recess
break
interruption
intermission
breather
reprieve
同义参见:
plateau
interval
interpreter
interlude
truce
breath
relieve
relaxation
反义参见:
labor
respite['respait; -pit; ri'spait]n.1.■暂缓;展延(尤指死刑的缓期执行)2.■暂时的休息;喘息时间,缓解vt.1.■使延期;使暂缓;缓期执行:to respite a sentence缓期执行判决2.■使暂息;使缓解;暂停:to respite a sufferer令患者得以喘息变形vt.respitedrespiting
respiterespite[ˈrespait]n.1.■延期; 暂缓;【律】缓刑2.■暂时的休息; (痛苦 等的)缓解; 暂止grand a respite to a condemned man对判刑的人宣布缓刑a brief respite from one's work工作后的稍事休息
词性变化respite[ˈrespait]vt.1.■延期; 缓期执行(死刑)2.■使休息; 使(苦痛等)暂时和缓3.■【军】停付(军人)薪 饷; 停付(薪金)respite a sentence缓期执行
[ˈrɛspʌɪt, -spɪt]
noun
- [mass noun]a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant
暂息
the refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering.
难民宿营地将暂时缓解痛苦。
[in sing.]a brief respite from a dire food shortage.
严重食品短缺的短暂缓解。
■a short delay permitted before an unpleasant obligation is met or a punishment is carried out
(债务等)暂缓履行;(刑罚的)暂缓执行
[with obj.]
- (rare)postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc.)
(罕)暂缓执行(判决);暂缓履行(义务等)
the execution was only respited a few months.
死刑仅被缓期几个月执行。
■(archaic)grant a delay or extension of time to; reprieve from death or execution
(古)把…推迟(或延期);获(死刑的)缓期执行
some poor criminal … from the gibbet or the wheel, respited for a day.
某可怜罪犯…从绞刑台或轮式刑车,获一天缓刑。
- Middle English: from Old French respit, from Latin respectus 'refuge, consideration'
respite
名词 respite:
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
同义词:reprieve
a pause from doing something (as work)
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
同义词:suspension, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
a pause for relaxation
同义词:rest, relief, rest period
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
同义词:reprieve
动词 respite:
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
同义词:reprieve
respite
■"The heaviest responsibility devolved upon Xifeng, who, unlike the others, had not a moment's respite"
"凤姐事多任重,别人或可偷安躲静,独他是不能脱得的"
■Their heart cried out to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let tears run down like a stream Day and night; Give yourself no respite; Let not the pupil of your eye cease.
18锡安民的心哀求主:锡安女子的城墙阿,愿你昼夜流泪如河,不得歇息;愿你眼中的瞳人,泪流不止。
■In June 1943 the beaten remnants of the U-boat fleet ceased to attack our North Atlantic convoys, and we gained a welcome respite.
1943年6月,被打垮的残存的德国潜艇舰队,不再袭击我们北大西洋的商船队了,因此我们获得了一个值得欢迎的喘息机会。
■respite care
n. 临时照顾,指为年老或生病的人提供的短期照顾
■respite of appeal
[法] 中止上诉
■respite of sentence
[法] 缓刑
■put on respite
[经] 延期, 暂缓
■Designed to be one of Beijing's most exotic and distinctive culinary ports of call, Vasco's offers guests a relaxing respite for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with stunning views over Beijing.
“万斯阁餐厅”设计定位于北京最具异国风情和独具个性的美食港口,提供令人放松愉悦的早、中、晚餐和欣赏炫目北京美景的优雅环境。
■One firefighter has been killed battling huge forest fires in southern California, as lower temperatures and a forecast for light rain bring hope of respite.
一名消防队员在南加州的森林大火中丧生,气温下降和预报可能会下小雨的消息带来一丝火情缓解的希望。
■Twenty hours out of twenty-four he would speak without rest or respite.
一天二十四小时里面有二十小时在不停地说。
■He spoke of his art as being like "a good armchair"-- a ludicrously inept comparison for such a brilliant man-- but his art was a respite, a reprieve, a comfort to him.
一定会使你的翻译水平和表达水平上个台阶的,记住:坚持就是胜利,同样胜利是要靠坚持的。
■without a moment's respite
一直不停地, 无间歇地
■An ice-cube may help offer some temporary respite from the heat but wouldn't an air-conditioned facility be a more worthy goal to work towards?
一颗冰块或能帮助你在炎热的天气里暂时消暑解热,但是,我们是不是应该有更远大的目标,例如设法添购冷气设备?
■work without respite
不停地工作
■without a respite
不停歇地
■1.Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite, and my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.
不在你的面前,我的心就不必知道什么是安逸和休息,我的工作变成了无边的劳役海中的无尽的劳役。
■Ru saves his friend, but the respite is only temporary as Kao, attended by his dull-witted and obnoxious son (Sin Lap-man), has the Prime Minister (Wu Ma) and Lin's wife (Joey Wang) murdered.
不料因为妻子的美貌被奸臣高俅之子垂涎,同时被所谓的好朋友陆谦陷害,他被发配充军,而妻子也自尽。
■However, if you need to choose the color between the area's color and the present coloring, it is better to choose the area's color because that will give better respite.
不过,如果你要选择颜色区之间的颜色和着色本、该区是较佳选择的色彩,因为这将更好地喘息。
■toiling without respite;
不间断地苦干;
■The move came as the dollar found temporary respite from recent selling pressure, edging higher in still-volatile and anxious trading.
与此同时,美元汇率从最近的抛压中得到一个暂时喘息的机会,在仍旧震荡和不安的交易中微幅上涨。
■With provision of 40 day care places, 2 residential respite places and 3 day respite places.
中心提供40个日间照顾名额,2个住宿暂讬名额及3个日间暂讬名额。
■respite care(= temporary care arranged for old, mentally ill, etc. people so that the people who usually care for them can have a rest)
临时换班看护
■The empty space behind them seems a metaphor for the solitary existence Tony lived in the past and, after a short respite of love, begins living all over again - in a house full of women's clothes.
他们背后的空白似乎喻示着托尼过去孤独的生活。在短暂的爱情所带来的休息之后,托尼又从新开始了他的生活--在一个充满女性服装的房间里。
■They faced a shell-shocked Fourth Panzer Army and Army Detachment Kempf, which had been granted no respite since the end of Operation Citadel.
他们面对的是只剩空壳的第4装甲集团军和“肯普夫”战役集群,他们自从“堡垒”计划开始以来就没有休整过。
■"So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stated Term: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it cannot be put forward: if ye only knew.
他就赦宥你们的罪过,并且让你们延迟到一个定期。真主的定期一旦来临的时候,是绝不延迟的,假若你们知道。”
■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 Divine Mother would allow him no respite till he had left behind the entire realm of duality with its visions, experiences, and ecstatic dreams.
他的神圣母亲并没有允许他暂缓,直到他已经离开拥有各种异像,体验和入迷的梦的整个二元领域为止。
■Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
他说:“我的主啊!求你对我缓刑,直到人类复活之日。”
■to respite a sufferer
令患者得以喘息
■But he doubted he'd even be allowed that respite.
但他怀疑自己是否还拥有这样的机会。
■There will not be much respite though and the squad has to be looked at again very soon.
但休息时间不会太长,不久后又要回来着手处理他的球队问题了。
■Nay, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them: no power will they have then to avert it, nor will they (then) get respite.
但复活时将突然来临,而使他们惊慌失措,他们不能抵抗它,也不蒙展缓。
■But it could be only a temporary respite from a longer-term bear market dating back to the beginning of this decade.
但它可能只是本世纪初以来长期熊市的一时回光返照。
■But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
但法老见灾祸松缓、就硬著心不肯听他们、正如耶和华所说的。
■Will you never take your eyes off me and give me respite to swallow my spittle?
你到何时才不注视我,而让我轻松咽一下唾沬?
■Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.
其余的没有一样他不吞灭,所以他的福乐不能长久。
■It was he who decided when Winston should scream with pain, when he should have a respite, when he should be fed, when he should sleep, when the drugs should be pumped into his arm.
决定什么时候该让温斯顿痛得尖叫,什么时候该让他缓一口气,什么时候该让他吃饭,什么时候该让他睡觉,什么时候该给他打针;
■Still, for Hillary, that role must seem a respite of sorts, "Let's face it, "says Rep.
况且, 对于希拉里来说, 这个职位只能算是她的暂时歇息。
■Still, for Hillary, that role must seem a respite of sorts, "Let's face it, "says Rep. Peter King. "After what she's gone through the last eight years, the Senate is a cakewalk."
况且,对于希拉里来说,这个职位只能算是她的暂时歇息。 "让我们瞧着吧,"共和党员彼得·金说,"与她过去所经历的那8年相比,议员只能算是一次热身。
■Still,for Hillary,that role must seem a respite of sorts,"Let's face it,"says Rep. Peter King. "After what she's gone through the last eight years,the Senate is a cakewalk."
况且,对于希拉里来说,这个职位只能算是她的暂时歇息。“让我们瞧着吧,”共和党员彼得·金说,“与她过去所经历的那8年相比,议员只能算是一次热身。”
■Respite came with the decline in oil prices from the late 1980s and an anomaly of the CAFE regulations that allowed passenger vehicles classed as light trucks a much slacker standard.
到了20世纪80年代初,通用终于开始明白日本人不仅能造出更好的汽车,而且生产效率也远高于他们。
■A welcome respite from hard work.
刻苦工作后令人愉快的短暂休息
■a welcome respite from work
劳动后受人欢迎的休息
■At midnight my temporary respite from blindness would cease,permanent night would close in on me again.
午夜,我那短暂的失明后的重见就终止了,永恒的黑夜重又回到我身上。
■At midnight my temporary respite from blindness would cease, and permanent night would close in on me again
午夜,我那短暂的失明后的重见状态就终止了,永恒的黑夜重又回到我身上。
■Additionally, try wearing wax earplugs to give you some respite.
另外,试试实用耳塞,可能会缓解噪声。
■The noise went on all night without respite.
吵闹声整夜不停。
■During the week-ends the householders, enjoying a respite from their office duties, visited the Master.
周末期间,居士们会暂时放下自己的工作,享受拜访师父的乐趣。
■The noise went on all night without a moment's respite.
噪音一刻不停地持续了一整夜。
■The grandmother-of-four, from Withington, said there is no guarantee of success, but her condition is a death sentence with no respite.
四个孩子的奶奶,来自Withington的CounJones说,不能保证一定成功,但她的状况已经无异于死刑判决。
without (a) respite
1. 不停歇地
She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.
她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
习惯用语put in respite1.■延期; 暂缓