常用短语

参考例句

1. 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。

2. Is there to be no respite for me?

   难道我永远得不到谅解了吗？

3. She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.

   她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。

4. Hitler's plan for the invasion of Russia soon brought us much-needed respite in the air.

   希特勒的侵俄计划，不久就给我们的空中任务带来了极其需要的喘息机会。

5. take a respite from one's work

   暂停工作,休息一下

6. have a brief respite from one's work

   工作之余稍作休息

7. There was a respite at any rate, which made the timid little Amelia almost as happy as a full reprieve would have done.

   眼前暂且无事，胆小的爱米丽亚仿佛象犯人得了缓刑的特赦令那么欢喜。

8. The noise went on all night without respite .

   吵闹声整夜不停。

9. The telephone gave me no respite .

   电话铃使我不得安宁。

10. I was very glad to see both, for they gave me a respite from my loomy thoughts.

    这两者都来得是时候，把我从忧虑不安中解脱出来。

同义词

• break
• breather
• intermission
• interruption
• lull
• pause
• recess
• relief
• reprieve
• rest