respite

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res·pite /ˈrespɪt, -paɪt $ -pɪt/ noun [singular, uncountableU]

1 PAUSEa short time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily better 〔不好事情的〕暂息，暂缓

respite from

The trip was a welcome respite from the pressures of work.

这次旅行暂时缓解了工作压力，真让人高兴。

a brief respite from persecution

暂时停止迫害

without respite

The pain went on without respite.

疼痛一刻也没有缓解。

2 DELAYa short period of time before you have to do something that you do not like 〔做不喜欢的事之前的〕暂缓，暂停，暂息

We have a few days’ respite before we have to pay them.

我们可以缓几天再付他们钱。

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respite• He obtained from them a respite.• The drug can only provide a brief respite in the pain.• The citizens had only a few days' respite from the conflict, before the shelling began again.• For the Dwarfs it was a much needed respite.• Weathermen yesterday warned that there would be no respite from the gales.• For the next five days we had no respite.• There was no respite from them, nowhere to hide from them.• The noise went on all night, without a single moment's respite.• But the success brought only a short respite.• Some mothers regard work as a welcome respite from the stress of looking after a home and children.• And now the archers were shooting at will, selecting their targets where they best offered, without haste and without respite.

brief respite• However, after a brief respite at Ossett everyone agreed to continue.• Nearby, the remainder of the squadron was stirring after a brief respite in a busy twenty-four period.• Then he, too, requires a brief respite from corporeal entombment.• Follow this to a brief respite and winding shed.• There have only been brief respites.• The brief respite before the pests could fight back reflects the wait for a mutation.

Origin respite

(1200-1300) Old French respit, from Medieval Latin respectus; → RESPECT1

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