Subject：I want to go on holiday and wind down.

迷你对话

A: Holiday is coming at last. I want to go on holiday and wind down. What is your opinion?

假期终于要来了，我想度假放松一下了，你认为如何？

B: Good idea.

好主意。

地道表达

wind down

1. 解词释义

Wind down的意思是“放松一下”。Wind既可以做名词，也可以做动词。作为动词，它的意思时候“上发条，蜿蜒，缠绕”的意思。Wind down即把发条取下来，停下来休息一下，引申为“放松一下，放松”的意思，这样表达很形象生动。

2. 例句拓展

e.g. I felt tense, but now I' m beginning to wind down.

我本来感到紧张，可是现在开始放松了。

e.g. The staff members need to wind down after their work.

员工上完班后都应该好好休息放松一下。

e.g. This year has been frantically busy for us I need a holiday just to wind down.

今年我们忙得要命--我需要有一段假期放松一下。

Ps：go on holiday是“度假”的意思。例如：

The foreign teachers are busy preparing to go on holiday.

外籍教师正忙着准备休假。

It's rather tough on him falling ill just as he's about to go on holiday.

他正要去度假却生病了, 真倒霉。

She hates working-She's going to pack it in and go on holiday.

她讨厌工作—她打算不干了去度假。