湖边社【每日一词】respite -/ ˈre-spət / also /ri-ˈspīt/, British usually / ˈre-ˌspīt/ n. （不快或困难的）暂缓，暂延；（做不喜欢的事之前的）暂缓，喘息；v. <罕>暂缓执行（判决），暂缓履行（义务等）
1 of 3 noun
1-1: a period of temporary delay
1-2: an interval of rest or relief
2 of 3 verb
2-1 : to grant a temporary period of relief to : grant a respite to
2-2: put off, delay
3 of 3 adj : providing or being temporary care in relief of a primary caregiver //respite care，a respite worker
短语
payment respite: 延期付款；逾期付款
No Respite: 刻不容缓
respite service: 暂托服务
Joyous Respite: 欢畅歇息
Napper's Respite: 火焰兵；安眠睡帽
zone of respite: 间隙之域
respite of appeal: 中止上诉
Dead Men's Respite: 死人的暂憩
双语例句
There was no respite from the suffocating heat.
闷热的天气根本没有缓解。 《牛津词典》
Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite. (17KB)
货币贬值只会给经济一个短时间的暂缓。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
There will be little respite from the dense data smog, which some researchers fear may be poisonous.
浓密的数据烟雾将不会有所缓解，一些研究者担心这些数据烟雾可能是有毒的。
Examples of respite in a Sentence
Noun
But in the middle of each semester there came a short respite, separate from the traditional holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas.
—Martha Southgate, The Fall of Rome, 2002
Six years more of toil they had to face before they could expect the least respite, the cessation of the payments upon the house …
—Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906
The laborer's day ends with the going down of the sun … but his employer, who speculates from month to month, has no respite from one end of the year to the other.
—Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
The bad weather has continued without respite.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The Olympics, blessedly between the conventions, offer a welcome respite, as rallying for U.S. athletes counts as a true, and all too rare, unifying exercise.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 27 June 2024
Gliding through warm water gives them a respite from the colder depths farther out.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
For Ukrainian soldiers defending the eastern Donetsk region, the Russian ground assaults and aerial barrages allow little respite after more than two years of war.
—arkansasonline.com, 26 June 2024
Parts of the Northeast were set to get some respite Friday, with highs in the 70s and 80s, according to the National Weather Service.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 June 2024