英 [ˈrespaɪt] 美 [ˈrespɪt]
n. （不快或困难的）暂缓，暂延；（做不喜欢的事之前的）暂缓，喘息
v. <罕>暂缓执行（判决），暂缓履行（义务等）
复数respites
第三人称单数respites
现在分词respiting
过去式respited
过去分词respited
respite /ˈrɛspɪt/ TEM8
单数型名词 A respite is a short period of rest from something unpleasant. (某种不快中的) 小间歇
It was some weeks now since they'd had any respite from shellfire.
他们数周在炮火中，中间没任何小的间歇。
单数型名词 A respite is a short delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place. 暂缓
Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.
货币贬值只会给经济一个短时间的暂缓。
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
同义词： reprieve
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
同义词： suspension / reprieve / hiatus / abatement
a pause for relaxation
同义词： rest / relief / rest period
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
同义词： reprieve
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
同义词： reprieve
暂时缓解
暂时解脱
缓期执行
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缓解；暂缓；暂时的休息；[法]缓期执行
使缓解；使暂缓；使延期；[法]缓期执行
There was no respite from the suffocating heat.
闷热的天气根本没有缓解。
Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.
货币贬值只会给经济一个短时间的暂缓。
There will be little respite from the dense data smog, which some researchers fear may be poisonous.
浓密的数据烟雾将不会有所缓解，一些研究者担心这些数据烟雾可能是有毒的。
Here,the travelers can stay a few nights and eat a good meal, while they take a brief respite from their long and dangerous journey north.
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It lasted just a few months and people once we got out of it people thought maybe we're getting a brief--a respite.
它只持续了几个月，人们,曾经我们摆脱了这个时期后人们认为,也许我们得到了一个暂时的缓解和放松。
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This comes as some respite as growth in Las Vegas and Singapore remains soft.
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Widening the definitions may perhaps also bring some respite to victims of rape, and their families.
Walsall's Ian Roper was booked for dissent but the free-kick was a brief respite.