respite

美音：['respɪt] 英音：['respaɪt]

简单释义：

n.喘息；暂停；暂缓；短暂的延缓

v.缓期执行(死刑)；使缓和一下；【军】停付(军人)薪饷；停付(薪金)

网络休息；缓刑；延期

变形：

复数：respites

完整释义：

1.稍事休息,喘息机会
2.暂停;休息,休养;休息期间
3.暂缓
4.解脱
5.谅解
6.无事,安宁
7.延期;【法律】缓刑

1.使休息,使(苦痛等)暂时停止,使缓和一下
2.休息间歇
3.〔律〕法庭允许将处刑期延缓
4.延期,缓期执行(死刑)
5.【军事】停付(军人)薪饷;停付(薪金)

例句：

Even so, a short morning stroll was enough to leave your jean-clad correspondent longing for some chilly respite.
纵使如此，清晨短短的漫步已足够让穿着牛仔裤的记者期待着凉爽的休息。
There was a respite at any rate, which made the timid little Amelia almost as happy as a full reprieve would have done.
眼前暂且无事，胆小的爱米丽亚仿佛象犯人得了缓刑的特赦令那么欢喜。
The painkiller only provides him a short respite from his pain.
止痛药仅仅让他在疼痛中有短暂的疏解。
but his employer, who speculates from month to month, has no respite from one end of the year to the other.
而他的雇主要投机取巧，从这个月到下一个月，一年到头得不到休息。
But for now, his only respite, his only relief from the sins of his past, was found in the heat of battle.
可是如今，他唯一能够寻得安息、唯一能够减轻过去罪恶的途径，却在火热的战斗中显现了。
At best they try to induce fear and lower the vibrations, but all that does it provide a temporary respite.
它们最多只会试图引起恐惧和较低的振动，但是所有这一切确实证明了它不过是一个苟延残喘。
The voting on Saturday was largely peaceful, a respite after weeks of turmoil and a toxic political debate over the constitution.
周六的投票基本上是在和平的氛围中进行的，数周来的动荡和围绕宪法问题的唇枪舌剑暂趋缓和。
His extreme reaction won him a brief respite, but they soon resumed their nagging about his bachelorhood.
这种极端行为为他赢得了片刻喘息，但不久之后，他们便恢复了对他单身生活的数落。

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