Respite

['respaɪt;-spɪt] or ['rɛspɪt]

解释:

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

(noun.) a pause for relaxation; 'people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests'.

校对:南森--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

(n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.

(n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

(n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

(n.) To give or grant a respite to.

(n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.

(n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

(n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

谢丽尔手打

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Delay, pause.[2]. Reprieve, suspension of punishment.

v. a. [1]. Delay, postpone.[2]. Reprieve, suspend the punishment of.

克拉拉录入

同义词及反义词：

[See REPRIEVE]

编辑:韦德

解释:

n. temporary cessation of anything: pause: interval of rest: (law) temporary suspension of the execution of a criminal.—v.t. to grant a respite to: to relieve by a pause: to delay.—adj. Res′piteless.

编辑:思朋斯