respite
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++res·pite /ˈrespɪt, -paɪt $ -pɪt/ noun [singular, uncountable] 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。
Examples from the Corpus
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; → RESPECT1res·pite nounChineseSyllable
the a Corpus time so short stops when happening, bad something that
respite
res‧pite /ˈrespɪt, -paɪt $ -pɪt/
noun [singular, uncountable]1. a short time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily better
respite from
The trip was a welcome respite from the pressures of work.
a brief respite from persecution
without respite
The pain went on without respite.
2. a short period of time before you have to do something that you do not like:
We have a few days’ respite before we have to pay them.
res‧pite /ˈrespɪt, -paɪt $ -pɪt/
noun [singular, uncountable]1. a short time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily betterrespite from
without respite
2. a short period of time before you have to do something that you do not like:
rest a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity 指休息、睡眠 ：◆ 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 指间歇、休息 ：◆ Let's take a break .咱们休息一会儿吧。 NOTE In British Englishbreak is a period of time between lessons at school. The North American English word isrecess .在英式英语中，break 指课间休息。美式英语表示此义用 recess。 respite a short break from sth difficult or unpleasant 指从困境或不愉快、不舒适的状态中得到暂缓、暂停 ：◆ The drug brought a brief respite from the pain. 药物暂时缓解了疼痛。 time out ( time for resting or relaxing away from your usual work or studiesespecially
NAmE 指暂停工作或学习的时间 ：◆ 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 指脑力或体力活动期间的短暂休息、喘息时间 ：◆ 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 sthto have/take (a) rest/break/time outto give sb (a) rest/break/respite/breathing space