respite
美 [?resp?t] 
英 [?respa?t]
- n.喘息；暫停；暫緩；短暫的延緩
- v.緩期執行(死刑)；使緩和一下；【軍】停付(軍人)薪餉；停付(薪金)
- 網絡休息；緩刑；延期
詞形變化
復數：respites 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | ~ (from sth) 暫停；暫緩a short break or escape from sth difficult or unpleasant |
| The drug brought a brief respite from the pain. 藥物暫時緩解了疼痛。 |
| There was no respite from the suffocating heat. 悶熱的天氣根本沒有緩解。 |
| She continued to work without respite. 她連續工作，沒有休息。 |
| respite care(= temporary care arranged for old, mentally ill, etc. people so that the people who usually care for them can have a rest) 暫時托管（為老人或病人提供短期照料以使長期照顧者獲得短暫休息） |
2. | 短暫的延緩；喘息a short delay allowed before sth difficult or unpleasant must be done |
| His creditors agreed to give him a temporary respite. 他的債權人同意給他一個喘息的機會。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
On the face of it, the trip could scarcely have been a more welcome respite for Mr Aso.
從表面來看，這次出訪對麻生來說是再好不過的喘息。
Fresh data on unemployment claims also suggested that there was no respite in the rapidly deteriorating jobs market.
失業率的最近數據也顯示，快速惡化的就業市場未得到任何緩解。
Some analysts said the rebound might be only a respite from the past week's sharp rise in longer-dated bond yields.
一些分析師表示，此次價格反彈可能只是暫時緩解了過去一周長期債券收益率急升的勢頭。
Aside from a brief respite of a year or two when he had a council flat, the London streets have been the only home he's known.
除了在公屋里呆過短暫的一兩年外，倫敦的街巷已成為了他所知唯一的家。
Even so, a short morning stroll was enough to leave your jean-clad correspondent longing for some chilly respite.
縱使如此，清晨短短的漫步已足夠讓穿著牛仔褲的記者期待著涼爽的休息。
The fallen angel was finally slain by an uprising within the populace, but none of the Outer Planes would grant his soul any respite.
墮落天使最終被一群起義的平民所殺戮。然而沒有一個位面可以給他靈魂安息之所。
There was a respite at any rate, which made the timid little Amelia almost as happy as a full reprieve would have done.
眼前暫且無事，膽小的愛米麗亞仿佛象犯人得了緩刑的特赦令那么歡喜。
Aides said the president was seeking respite after a punishing few months in Washington's political swamp.
據奧巴馬的助手介紹，在華盛頓的政治泥淖中疲憊地掙扎了數月之后，奧巴馬想暫喘口氣。
There is an air of order amid all the wild screams and roars, with drink sellers and noodle stalls nearby should you need respite.
在狂野的尖叫和咆哮中周圍依然井然有序，附近販售的飲料和面條隨時可為您提供休息。
At best they try to induce fear and lower the vibrations, but all that does it provide a temporary respite.
它們最多只會試圖引起恐懼和較低的振動，但是所有這一切確實證明了它不過是一個茍延殘喘。
but his employer, who speculates from month to month, has no respite from one end of the year to the other.
而他的雇主要投機取巧，從這個月到下一個月，一年到頭得不到休息。
As Ken Rogoff of Harvard University puts it, the Fed is "taking advantage of a respite in the financial crisis to shore up the dollar" .
正如哈佛大學的肯?羅果夫所說的，聯邦正在“利用金融危機中的暫緩來支援美元”。
For us the payback on our investment should be less than two years - even assuming no respite from these tough conditions.
對我們而言，這筆交易應該不到兩年就能回本——即使眼下的艱難局面未出現任何緩解。
Financial markets might not offer the respite necessary to put the new arrangements in place.
金融市場可能不會為新安排的到位提供其所需的喘息之機。
Analysts said the next quarter is unlikely to bring any respite.
分析家指出下個季度下跌的速度還不大可能放緩。
We'll eventually come back but we need a bit of a respite.
他們終究會回升，但需要先緩一緩。
The voting on Saturday was largely peaceful, a respite after weeks of turmoil and a toxic political debate over the constitution.
周六的投票基本上是在和平的氛圍中進行的，數周來的動蕩和圍繞憲法問題的唇槍舌劍暫趨緩和。
Yet less than 5% of caregivers reported using services like support groups or respite care to help ease the caregiving burden.
然而他們中僅有不到5%通過專業護理組織或臨終關懷組織的服務來減輕自己的負擔。
Take care of yourself and your loved ones by learning to let go of your passion and intensity for a respite.
愛護你自己和你愛的人，學會放下你的熱誠和濃烈的感情一段時間。
But for now, his only respite, his only relief from the sins of his past, was found in the heat of battle.
可是如今，他唯一能夠尋得安息、唯一能夠減輕過去罪惡的途徑，卻在火熱的戰斗中顯現了。
In June 1943 the beaten remnants of the U-boat fleet ceased to attack our North Atlantic convoys, and we gained a welcome respite.
1943年6月，被打垮的殘存的德國潛艇艦隊，不再襲擊我們北大西洋的商船隊了，因此我們獲得了一個值得歡迎的喘息機會。
But the power crisis has really crippled peoples ability to cope with it. Until the rains bring some respite people will continue to suffer.
南亞的熱浪較此為甚，但能源危機卻削弱了人們處理熱浪的能力，直到下雨之前，當地民眾依然要受苦。
To be ' simple' is to be honest , plain, artless - a valuable respite from the noise and complexity of our age .
簡單即是誠實，坦率，自然—這是我們這個充滿噪音和繁雜的時代最有價值的東西。
But this respite from the ice is likely to prove short-lived, at least in geological terms.
但這次冰層的消融很可能是短暫的，至少從地質條件看是這樣。
This new pool was built on the banks of the Tigris. On a hot October night, it provides kids with some respite from the heat.
這個新游泳池建在底格里斯河河邊，在一個酷熱的十月晚上，泳池為孩子提供了一個逃避炎熱的地方。
In a respite, the International Energy Agency has said emissions will fall by up to 3 percent in 2009 due to recession.
國際能源機構期間表示，由于經濟不景氣，2009年的排放量下降了3%。
The markets have been relatively calm of late, but politicians would be foolish to mistake respite for resolution.
最近市場相對平靜，但政客們如果錯把喘息當做終結就太愚蠢了。
Given the large temporal stretches between VW model updates and their U. S. appearance, we could be looking at a provisional respite.
因為大眾車型的改型和他們在美國的最終上市之間的時間間隔比較長，我們就暫且當作是一個臨時性的事情。
There was no respite from the suffocating heat.
悶熱的天氣根本沒有緩解。
The painkiller only provides him a short respite from his pain.
止痛藥僅僅讓他在疼痛中有短暫的疏解。
His extreme reaction won him a brief respite, but they soon resumed their nagging about his bachelorhood.
這種極端行為為他贏得了片刻喘息，但不久之后，他們便恢復了對他單身生活的數落。
The pump-priming of government budgets through deficits and recapitalisation of banks offers only a temporary respite to the crisis.
政府通過承擔預算赤字和對銀行實施資本重組來刺激經濟的方式，只能暫時延緩這場危機。
Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite, and my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.
不在你的面前，我的心就不知道什么是安逸和休息，我的工作變成了無邊的勞役海中的無盡的勞役。
Though it was a welcome respite, he says: "I'm still angry. Whoever did the blocking in the first place should take responsibility. "
雖然這是一個受人歡迎的緩和行動，但陸軍表示：“我仍很憤怒。不論是誰最開始封鎖了我的網站，他都應該承擔責任。”
After a few months of respite, analysts say that Europe is once again in danger of plunging back into an economic storm.
經過數個月后，分析人士現在指出，歐洲可能重新陷入經濟風暴。
The train journey is a respite in between leaving and arriving that allows strangers a chance to talk to each other.
火車上的旅途是出發與到達之間的一個緩沖階段，使陌生人之間有了彼此相談的機會。
Three sky gardens arranged on the upper levels of the towers will be a further respite from the solar heat on the exposed upper elevation.
高樓上的三個空中花園會進一步緩解處在高海拔所遇到的陽光照射問題。
They should use the respite to come up with a more convincing recipe for long-term growth.
他們應該利用這個喘息之機，拿出一套更令人信服的長期增長政策。
Those people should be allowed to binge drink to their heart's content - they won't get much other respite.
那些人為了工作被迫接受過量飲酒——他們沒有足夠的休息時間。
But any respite would be only temporary; again, the G. O. P. is just not interested in helping a Democrat govern.
但是，任何形式的暫緩都只是暫時的，需要再次強調的是，共和黨人對協助民主黨執政絲毫不感興趣。
A different perspective on life, a glimpse at something beautiful, a respite from daily chaos, that only you through a torn world can see.
一種不同的人生觀，一種發現美的眼光，或是對日常混亂生活的片刻逃離，那是在這個撕裂的世界中只有你才能看見的不同。
