sabbatical
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sab·bat·i·cal /səˈbætɪkəl/ noun [countable, uncountable] BECa period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel 休假，公休假〔尤指大学教师暂停平时的工作去进行研究或旅行的假期〕 She took a long sabbatical. 她休了个长假。on sabbatical Dr Watson’s away on sabbatical. 沃森博士去休假了。
Examples from the Corpus
sabbatical• An academic on a sabbatical, Farrel wondered?• Gross left on a sabbatical and never came back.• Apple chairman John Sculley took a sabbatical.• They usually took sabbaticals for this and returned to something quite different a different job, a different location.• In between, the in-service education of the clergy continues apace with sabbaticals and reading weeks and retreats and the good-natured summer schools.on sabbatical• He's going on sabbatical next fall.From Longman Business Dictionarysabbaticalsab‧bat‧i‧cal /səˈbætɪkəl/ noun [countable, uncountable]HUMAN RESOURCES a period of time when someone, especially someone in a university teaching job, stops doing their usual work in order to work in business, to study, or travelHe spent his sabbatical from Stanford University studying computer applications in finance. —sabbatical adjectiveShe’s on sabbatical leave.sab·bat·i·cal nounChineseSyllable
Corpus Business period a university a someone, someone in especially when
sabbatical
sab‧bat‧i‧cal /səˈbætɪkəl/
noun [uncountable and countable]
a period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel:
She took a long sabbatical.
on sabbatical
Dr Watson’s away on sabbatical.
▪ vacation especially American English, holiday especially British English time you spend away from school or work: Are you taking a vacation this summer? | We met on holiday in Cyprus. | What are you doing in the school holidays?
▪holiday a day that is set by law, when no one has to go to work or school: the Thanksgiving holiday | New Year's Day is a national holiday. | In 2002, there was an extra public holiday to mark the Queen's golden jubilee. | the August bank holiday (=day when all the banks and shops are closed – used in British English)
▪break a time when you stop working or studying in order to rest, or a short vacation from school: a ten-minute coffee break | Lots of college kids come to the beaches during the spring break.
▪leave a time when you are allowed not to work: We get four weeks' annual leave (=paid time off work each year). | He has been taking a lot of sick leave (=time off work because you are ill) recently. | Angela is on maternity leave (= time off work when having a baby). | He was given compassionate leave (=time off work because someone close to you has died, is very ill etc) to go to his father's funeral.
▪sabbatical [usually singular] a period when someone, especially a teacher, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel: She was on sabbatical for six months. | I'm thinking of taking a sabbatical.
▪furlough a period of time when a soldier or someone working in another country can return to their own country as a holiday: While on furlough, he and his girlfriend got married.
▪R & R (rest and relaxation) a holiday, especially one given to people in the army, navy etc after a long period of hard work or during a war: Soldiers in Vietnam were taken to Hawaii for R & R.
sab‧bat‧i‧cal /səˈbætɪkəl/
noun [uncountable and countable]a period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel:
on sabbatical
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