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respite [ˈrespɪt]

n. 休息期间; 缓解，暂缓; 延期; （刑罚的）缓期执行;
v. 延期; 缓期执行（死刑）; 使休息，使（苦痛等）暂时停止，使缓和; [军]停付（军人）薪饷;
过去式：: respited 过去分词：: respited 现在分词：: respiting 第三人称单数：: respites

例句:

  • The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
    药物暂时缓解了疼痛。
  • The tablets brought temporary respite from the excruciating pain.
    这些药片暂时缓解了剧痛.
  • The director gave the cast a short respite before the next scene.
    导演让全体演员在下一场开始之前稍事休息.
  • The respite would not last long, economists warned.
    来自THETIMES
  • No respite neither by day nor night for this devoted city.
    来自Southey
  • An insistent electric bell shrilled without respite.
    来自P. Bowles