respite ['respait, -pit, ri'spait]

英汉解释

n. 缓解；暂缓；暂时的休息；缓期执行
vt. 使缓解；使暂缓；使延期；缓期执行

同义词

n. abatement，break，relief，reprieve
v. reprieve

参考例句

1. Massaging wrist, it can relieve and respite the pain on wrist and should.
按摩腕关节，可消除或缓解手腕及臂膀的疼痛。
2. My legs, lungs and heart appreciated the respite, but my nerves soon came in for a test.
我的双腿、肺和心脏享受着这一刻喘息的时间，但我的神经很快受到考验。
3. Between the time he turned over his second business and began his third, Lee took a one-year respite .
在第二家公司转手后，第三次创业还没展开前，李广益曾短暂休息了一年。

英英解释

n.
  1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
  2. a pause from doing something (as work)
  3. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  4. a pause for relaxation
  5. the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
v.
  1. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

网络释义

respite
休息,中止; 暂缓; 延期 喘息; 休息期间;
payment respite
延期付款;
Respite care
喘息疗护; 息照護; 喘息照顧; 喘息
reprieve respite
缓期执行;
Joyous Respite
欢畅歇息;