respite

noun

1. 暂停；暂缓
   a short break or escape from sth difficult or unpleasant
   1. The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
      药物暂时缓解了疼痛。
   2. There was no respite from the suffocating heat.
      闷热的天气根本没有缓解。
   3. She continued to work without respite.
      她连续工作，没有休息。
   4. respite care (= temporary care arranged for old, mentally ill, etc. people so that the people who usually care for them can have a rest)
      暂缓性照料
2. 短暂的延缓；喘息
   a short delay allowed before sth difficult or unpleasant must be done
   1. His creditors agreed to give him a temporary respite.
      他的债权人同意给他一个喘息的机会。

1. N-SING （不快事情中的）喘息，缓解，暂息
   A respite is a short period of rest from something unpleasant.
   1. It was some weeks now since they had had any respite from shellfire.
      他们已经好几周没有在炮火中获得任何喘息的机会了。
2. N-SING （不快或困难的）暂缓，暂延
   A respite is a short delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
   1. Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.
      贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。

1. It was some weeks now since they had had any respite from shellfire.
   他们已经好几周没有在炮火中获得任何喘息的机会了。
2. Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.
   贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。
3. Diversification provided some respite, but, overall, most portfolios got mauled.
   多样化投资提供了一些缓解，但是总的来说，大部分投资组合都受到了打击。
4. But for the residents of Tongzhou, some respite is in sight.
   不过对于通州的居民来说，或许有望获得一点喘息的机会了。
5. Just this short respite can help stabilize your energy fields and bring you back to center.
   只需要这短暂的休息就可以帮你稳定你的能量场，并带你回到焦点上。
6. We worked all day without a moment's respite.
   我们一刻不停地工作了一整天。
7. The snows had finally moved off to the south and given them a respite.
   雪终于向南方转移了，让他们有了喘口气的机会。
8. But just as prices were starting to look frothy, particularly for Lafite, April produced some much-needed respite.
   但正当价格尤其是拉菲（lafite）开始给人以泡沫感时，4月份迎来了亟需的喘息。
9. Changing your grip may bring temporary respite, or calamity.
   或许抓个不同的部位会暂时缓解局面，但也可能大祸临头。
10. Six months later, Lipatti started X-ray treatment and temporary respite allowed him to resume some touring.
    六个月后，李帕蒂开始X射线治疗，暂时性的缓和允许他恢复一些巡回演出。
11. Meanwhile, an improving US economy and some respite in Europe are stoking an appetite for risk.
    与此同时，美国经济的改善和欧洲危局的缓解大幅提升了风险偏好。
12. The markets have been relatively calm of late, but politicians would be foolish to mistake respite for resolution.
    最近市场相对平静，但政客们如果错把喘息当做终结就太愚蠢了。
13. Many analysts see reversals like the one Wednesday as a welcome respite.
    许多分析师认为，要扭转一个星期三是一个受欢迎的喘息。
14. Massaging neck, it can respite the pain on neck and shoulder.
    ⊙按摩颈部，可缓解颈部肩部的酸胀及疼痛。
15. This battle raged for eight hours without respite, until our soldiers ran out of ammunition.
    这场激战整整持续了八个小时。最后，勇士们的子弹打光了。
16. 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。
17. Take a respite from one's work The picture show will be shut for a week.
    暂停工作，休息一下画展将暂停开放一星期。
18. She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.
    她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
19. The carefully designed gardens, calm ponds and exquisite buildings provide a respite for visitors.
    精心设计的豫园，平静如镜的池塘和优美景致的古建筑提供给游客一个休闲之所。
20. Ellie and Michael designed the upstairs master suite as a respite from their busy lives.
    埃莉和迈克尔设计了繁忙的生活得到一个喘息的机会的二楼主人套房。
21. The pump-priming of government budgets through deficits and recapitalisation of banks offers only a temporary respite to the crisis.
    政府通过承担预算赤字和对银行实施资本重组来刺激经济的方式，只能暂时延缓这场危机。
22. It lasted just a few months and people once we got out of it people thought maybe we're getting a brief& a respite.
    它只持续了几个月，人们，曾经我们摆脱了这个时期后人们认为，也许我们得到了一个暂时的缓解和放松。
23. Fresh data on unemployment claims also suggested that there was no respite in the rapidly deteriorating jobs market.
    失业率的最近数据也显示，快速恶化的就业市场未得到任何缓解。
24. The noise went on all night without a moment's respite.
    噪音一刻不停地持续了一整夜。
25. The Black Knight casts Death's Respite on the herald, killing him.
    黑骑士对使者施展索命咒，做了他。
26. We worked for hours without respite.
    我们不停歇地工作了几个小时。
27. At midnight my temporary respite from blindness would cease, and permanent night would close in on me again.
    午夜，我那短暂的失明后的重见状态就终止了，永恒的黑夜重又回到我身上。
28. But it is unlikely their respite will be for long.
    但是，他们获得的喘息时间很可能不会太长。
29. At last, some respite for the beleaguered US Treasuries market.
    麻烦缠身的美国国债市场终于松了口气。
30. This plan enabled the oiler and the correspondent to get respite together.
    这个计划使加油工和记者能一起稍事休息。

noun

1. a pause from doing something (as work)
   1. we took a 10-minute break
   2. he took time out to recuperate

   Synonym:    recessbreaktime out

2. the act of reprieving

   Synonym:    reprieve

3. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

   Synonym:    suspensionreprievehiatusabatement

4. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

   Synonym:    reprieve

5. a pause for relaxation
   1. people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests

   Synonym:    restreliefrest period

verb

1. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

   Synonym:    reprieve