respite是什么意思，respite怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
Palestinians in Gaza would have had a respite from five months of near-constant war. 加沙的巴勒斯坦人本可以从五个月近乎持续的战争中得到一个喘息的机会。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[noun] a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant
[名词] 从困难或不快的事情中休息或解脱的短暂时间
💡 深入解读
Respite 是一个与熟词 despite 十分形近的单词，两者在拼写上都以常见单词 spite 结尾，可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看， respite 与熟词 respect 互为同源异形词，都源自拉丁语respectus（字面义“回头或经常看某人的行为”，引申指“考虑、尊敬”）。其中 respite 于13世纪中期由古法语respit（延期、尊敬）进入英语，最初用来表示“暂缓、暂停”，侧重指不快的义务履行前准许的“暂缓履行”或者死刑等惩罚执行前准许的“缓期执行”
to grant a respite for payment准予暂缓付款
Their lenient teacher was away, so they had a day's respite before their essays were due.他们宽容的老师外出，所以他们交论文的期限往后拖了一天。
She had got a job in town primarily as a respite from her stingy husband.从这个概念出发， respite 到了14世纪初后开始引申指困难或不快的事情必须完成之前的“短暂的延缓、暂时的缓解、喘息、暂息”。比如：她在城里找了份工作，主要是想以此暂时摆脱抠门吝啬的丈夫。
Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended. He said to me that he had had a respite from pain.伊罗步履蹒跚地走近，肚子鼓胀凸出。他对我说他的疼痛曾有缓解。
📚 名著用例
At midnight my temporary respite from blindness would cease, and permanent night would close in on me again. Naturally in those three short days I should not have seen all I wanted to see. Only when darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how much I had left unseen. But my mind would be so crowded with glorious memories that I should have little time for regrets. Thereafter the touch of every object would bring a glowing memory of how that object looked. 到午夜，我从盲人痛苦中得到的暂时解脱就要终结了，永久的黑夜将重新笼罩我身。当然我在那短暂的三天时间里，不可能看完我要看的全部事物，只有当黑暗重新降临时，我才会感到我没有看到的东西实在太多了。不过我脑海中会塞满那壮丽的回忆，以至根本没时间去懊悔。今后无论摸到任何东西都会给我带来那原物是什么形状的鲜明回忆。
— 出自《美国当代作家海伦·凯勒（Helen Keller）的散文代表作 《假如给我三天光明》（ Three Days to See ） 。》
🔍 同近义词
- lull: a temporary interval of quiet or lack of activity
- pause: a tempor
