Respite

(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

• Mrs. Bretton's kind management procured me this respite. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Jealousy had got hold of him: she stung him; but the sting was salutary: it gave him respite from the gnawing fang of melancholy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• If you please,' said Mr. Winkle, glad of any respite. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• My respite was short-lived however, for soon the entire party, numbering some thousand men, came charging into view, racing madly toward me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• But sleep did not afford me respite from thought and misery; my dreams presented a thousand objects that scared me. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Moreover, the respite allowed by a narcotic is exceedingly brief, and a depression which is long and deep inevitably follows. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• EVENTFUL winter passed; winter, the respite of our ills. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

录入:威廉姆斯