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词汇 rest
释义 rest
verb
uk /rest/ us /rest/

restverb (STOP)


B1[ I or T ]
to (cause someone or something to) stop doing a particular activity or stop being active for a period of time in order to relax and get back your strength: (使)暂停,(使)停止;(使)休息
The doctor told him that he should rest for a few days.医生告诉他应该休息几天。
He looked away from the computer screen to rest his eyes.他把视线从电脑显示屏上移开,让眼睛休息一下。
She promised that she would not rest (= would not stop looking) until the murderer of her son was caught and imprisoned.她发誓杀害她儿子的凶手不被捕入狱,她就不会善罢甘休。
See also
rest up
 be restinginformal
to be an actor who does not have any work: (演员)没有接到戏而呆在家里
Over 90 percent of professional actors are resting at any given time.任何时候都有超过90%的职业演员无戏可演。
 I rest my caselaw specialized(alsomy case rests)
said by lawyers in a law court when they have finished the explanation of their case(律师出庭用语)陈述完毕。
"You look tired - you should go home and rest." "I'm going to do precisely that."“你看起来累了——应该回家休息。”“我正打算这么做。”
My doctor said I was looking run-down and ought to take some time to rest.
We travelled by night and rested by day.我们昼伏夜行。
She was told to stay in bed to rest her injured back.她被告知要卧床休息来养背伤。
Feeling tired-out is Nature's way of telling you to rest.感觉疲惫不堪是身体在提醒你该休息了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Passive and not working
adynamic
anywhere
breather
breathing space
bum around
dormant
idle
layoff
laze
leave someone beidiom
lie around
moribund
navel
recharge
siesta
sit on your arseidiom
sit on your handsidiom
sit round
slob
slob around (something)

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Types of employment
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
Lawyers & legal officials

restverb (SUPPORT)


[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ]
to lie or lean on something, or to put something on something else so that its weight is supported: 躺;倚;靠
She rested her head on my shoulder.她把头靠在我的肩膀上。
The bicycle was resting against the wall.自行车靠墙放着。
She sat behind the table, her chin resting in her hands.她坐在桌子边,双手托着下巴。
They rested the mirror against the wall.
The dome rests on four marble columns.
He rested his head on the cushion.
The elephants were standing in a line with their front legs resting on each other's backs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Reclining
crowd-surfing
fallen
fetal position
foetal position
full-length
lean
lie
lounge around (something)
prone
prone positioning
proning
prostrate
prostration
repose
sink
sink into something
sit back
sprawl
sprawled
stretch

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Physical supports and supporting

restverb (REMAIN)


[ I ]formal
to remain in a particular state or place: 保持不变
We cannot allow the matter to rest here (= to remain as it is)- further action has to be taken.我们不能允许这件事保持现状,一定要继续采取行动。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Staying and remaining
abrupt halt
be leftphrase
closeted
halt
hang
non-migrant
non-rotating
non-tenured
outstay
overstay
sit
spot
stay behind
stay in
stay on
stay putidiom
stick
stick around
sticky
wait something out

Idioms


let something rest
rest easy
I rest my case
rest in peace
rest on your laurels

Phrasal verbs


rest on someone/something
rest on/upon something
rest on/upon someone/something
rest up
rest with someone
rest with someone/something
rest
noun
uk /rest/ us /rest/

restnoun (OTHER PART)


 the rest[ S, + sing/pl verb ]
A2
the other things, people, or parts that remain or that have not been mentioned: 剩余部分;其余;其余的人
I've got two bright students, but the rest are average.我班上有两个特别聪明的学生,但是其他人都表现平平。
I'll keep a third of the money and the rest is for you.钱我留下1/3,其余的归你。
Do you have anything planned for the rest of the day?这天剩余的时间你安排什么事了吗?
You deposit 20% now and pay the rest when the car is delivered.
He read her letter aloud to the rest of the family.他把她的信大声读给家人听。
He's a very good example to the rest of the class.他是班上其他同学的好榜样。
It's a very nice sofa but it doesn't fit in with the rest of the room.这个沙发很漂亮,但是跟房间里其他的家具不搭配。
One motorbike peeled away from the formation and circled round behind the rest.一辆摩托车脱离了车队,在其他车后面绕行。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Things remaining
(and) all the restidiom
balance
bastion
be leftphrase
cremains
cutpiece
deposit
ground
hangover
redoubt
relic
remainder
remains
remnant
residual
throwback
time capsule
to the dregs
unallocated
unconsumed

restnoun (STOP)


A2[ C or U ]
a period of time in which you relax, do not do anything active, or sleep: 暂停,停止;休息
After they had carried the piano up the stairs, they stopped for a rest.他们把钢琴搬到楼上后,停下来休息了一会儿。
The doctor prescribed some pills and told her to get/have a week's rest.医生开了些药,并嘱咐她休息一周。
[ C ] music specialized
a period of silence between musical notes, or a symbol that represents this: (音乐的)休止,休止符
a minim rest二分休止符
 at rest
not doing anything active, or not moving: 静止;不动;休息
Her heartbeat is only 55 at rest.她在安静状态下心跳每分钟只有55次。
used as a polite way to say that someone is dead: (死亡的委婉说法)长眠,安息
Your father was a very troubled man, but he's at rest now.你父亲一生坎坷,但是他现在可以安息了。
 come to rest
to stop, usually in a particular place: (通常在某个地方)停止,停下来,静止下来
The car hit the kerb, rolled over and came to rest in a ditch.汽车撞到马路边石上,翻滚到路沟里停了下来。
It's not a good idea to drive for hours without a rest.连续开车几个小时都不休息不是个好主意。
Chris phoned to say they'd arrived safely, so that really put my mind at rest.克里斯打电话来说他们已经安全抵达,这下子我真的放心了。
After six hours work in the garden, we sat down for a much-needed rest.在花园里工作了6个小时之后,我们不得不坐下来休息。
I'm not tired at the moment but I will need a rest at some stage during the walk.
The elderly generally need far less rest than the young, and tend to sleep in several short stretches.年长者一般需要的休息时间比年轻人要少得多,而且往往会分成几个小段时间睡觉。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Periods of time - general words
age
at/in one sittingidiom
chapter
day
digital age
duration
information age
leeway
life course
life cycle
lifetime
session
sitting
sleep
standing
subperiod
time frame
time lag
time span
timescale

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Beats or lengths of musical notes
Passive and not working
Immobility
Death and dying
Staying and remaining

restnoun (SUPPORT)


[ C ]
an object that supports the weight of something: 支撑物;支架;基座
I used a pile of books as a rest for my telescope.我用一摞书作望远镜支架。
See also
headrest
armrest
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Physical supports and supporting
abutment
bearing
bolster
bookend
bracket
burden
buttress
groan
load-bearing
modillion
pier
pile
pillar
prop
prop something up
rafter
sinew
underpin
unsupported
weight-bearing

Idioms


(and) all the rest
for the rest
give it a rest
the rest is history

rest | American Dictionary


rest
verb
us/rest/

restverb (RELAX)


[ I/T ]
to stop being active for a period of time in order to relax and get back your strength, or to cause someone or something to stop doing an activity in order to get back strength:
[ I ]We hiked for five miles and then rested for a while.
[ T ]The coach decided to rest some of the team’s starters tomorrow night.
[ T ]I just need to sit down and rest my legs.

restverb (STAY)


[ I ]
to be or stay under the control of a particular person or organization:
The final decision rests with the City Council.

restverb (SUPPORT)


[ I/T ]
to lie or lean on something, or to put something on something else so that its weight is supported:
[ T ]She rested her elbows on the table.

Idioms


rest assured
rest in peace
rest on your laurels
rest
noun
us/rest/

restnoun (MUSIC)


[ C ] musicus/rest/
a mark in written music that shows when and for how long an instrument should not play

restnoun (OTHER PART)


[ U ]
the other things, people, or parts that are left:
I want to do something else with the rest of my life.

restnoun (RELAX)


 at rest
At rest means not doing anything active or not moving:
The cat seemed coiled to spring, even when it was at rest.

Examples of rest


rest
The rest of the paper is organized as follows.
The rest of this paper is organized as follows.
Finally, our critique, though largely a demonstration of the inadequacy of their model, fundamentally rests on the undeniable existence, indeed primacy, of qualitative experience.
The treatment of linearised rules in the rest of the section, though rigorous, will not be too formal.
Part of the answer lies in the phonetic redundancy of the signal itself, and the rest in the effects of that redundancy on auditory processing.
Soldiers on leave and veterans returning home undoubtedly passed on their knowledge and experiences to the rest of the population.
It provides a focal point for the viewer, leading the eye and telling it where to rest.
Most were very specialized, and have suffered for it in the late twentieth century compared to the rest.
This is a firm-based view that suggests the locus of control over purchasing patterns rests with the firm and not the consumer.
However, it also should serve as a useful reference book for the rest of us.
The custard, having been made in the morning, was left unrefrigerated and uncovered to cool in the bowl for the rest of the day.
An authority that rests on substantive moral limitations is conceptually possible.
At these places the melismas find their points of rest and departure.
On those the majority preferred single consonant spellings for the first, fourth and seventh, and double consonants for the rest.
So, our argument against feedback in word recognition can now be seen to rest on the important assumption that phoneme recognition is a parallel process.
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