respite

英 [ˈrespaɪt]

美 [ˈrespɪt]

n. 暂停; 暂缓; 短暂的延缓; 喘息
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

复数：respites　现在分词：respiting　过去式：respited　第三人称单数：respites　过去分词：respited　

Collins.1 / BNC.11176 / COCA.12950

牛津词典

noun

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
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。

N-SING （不快事情中的）喘息，缓解，暂息
Arespiteis 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。
N-SING （不快或困难的）暂缓，暂延
Arespiteis 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。

noun

a pause from doing something (as work)
1. we took a 10-minute break
2. he took time out to recuperate
Synonym:recessbreaktime out
the act of reprieving
Synonym:reprieve
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Synonym:suspensionreprievehiatusabatement
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Synonym:reprieve
a pause for relaxation
1. people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests
Synonym:restreliefrest period

verb

postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
Synonym:reprieve