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关于“放假”
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“休息”的各种说法！
Holiday
、
Vacation
、
Days off
、
Leave
、
Break
、
Furlough<
/p>
区别及用法
Holiday
一般指法定假日，
当老美说
the holidays/the holiday season
< br>，
是说包括
Christmas,
Hanukkah(
犹
太人圣节
),
and New Year
’
s Day
的这段假期。
但不包括周末，
如果是周末必须说
on a weekend
。
如
搭配
New Year
Holiday
新年假期
a
legal holiday, a national holiday
法定假日
on
holiday/on one
’
s holiday
休假中
half-
holiday/half-day
半天休假
take a week
’
s
holiday
一周的休假
make a holiday
休假、庆祝、休息
be home
for the holiday
放假回家
package holiday
指由旅行社包办所有事宜的观光旅游
Vacation:
通常指停止工作或读书的假期，与天数无关。
如
annual vacation, Christmas
vacation
。
搭配
summer vacation
暑假
winter vacation
寒假
go on vacation/ take a vacation
自己放假
Days off
纯粹指不用上班，休息的日子或一段时间，例如周末，就是
days
off
。
搭配：
[
一段时间＋
off] (
通常用
take/have
当动词
)
例句
He has a day
off today.
She had two
weeks off because she was ill.
I want
to take a day off to see the doctor.
I got an afternoon off and went to the
ball game. (
请两小时假看球赛。
)
Leave
亦可当假期，但通常必须是自己申请的休假。
如
ask for leave
（请假）
grant leave
（准假）
overstay
one
’
s leave
（超假）
sick leave
假）
maternity
leave
（产假）
annual
leave
（年假）
。
搭配：
on
leave
告假中
go home
on leave
请假回家
take
one
’
s
leave
告辞
take
French leave
不告而别
例句：
I met her
while I was on leave.
She is on six
week
’
s paid leave.
(
她正在度六周有薪假期
)
I
get leave twice a year. = I have two leaves a
year. (
我一年有两次休假
)
Break
短时间的休息，亦指课堂间的短暂休息或音乐会的中场休息。
搭配
have/take a
break
休息一下
（病
Give me a break!
饶了我吧
例句
There was a
break in the concert.
Let’s have a
coffee/tea break.
They
usually go shopping during their lunch break.
Furlough
指军人、公务员、政府官员的休假，通常假期较长。
搭配
be home/go
home on furlough
回家
/
< br>回国休假
例句
He’s on nine month’s
furlough.
He was
gi
ven/granted two week’s furlough.
I have a furlough every two
years.
海外汇款
overseas
remittance
(Despite
the
global
economic
crisis,
the
amount
of
overseas
remittance to
Vietnam in 2008 is estimated to go up by $$1.3b to
$$8b, Vietnamese officials said
Tuesday.
越南官员
6
日说，虽然正值全球经济危
机，但是粗略估计，
2008
年越南的侨汇收
< br>入仍然增长了
13
亿美元，达到
80
亿美元。
) (2009-02-03)
私奔
elope (2 childhood sweethearts, aged 6
and 7, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on
New Year's Eve, wanting to tie the knot
under the African sun.
德国北部汉诺威一对年纪分别为
6
岁和
7
岁的小情
侣新年前夜竟然私奔，
他们想跑到非洲的艳阳底下结为连理。
)
(2009-02-02)
一致决议
binding
resolution (Egypt expressed its regret at the
UNSC's failure to adopt a binding
resolution
calling
for
a
stop
of
the
ongoing
Israeli
attacks
on
Gaza,
Egyptian
Foreign
Ministry
spokesman Hossam Zaki said in a
statement.
埃及外交部发言人萨基在声明中表示，埃及对联
合国安理会未能就呼吁以色列停止对加沙的袭击形成一致决议表示遗憾。
)
(2009-02-01)
炒作
hype (Don't take media reports on the
new movie seriously. Some reports are just hype. <
/p>
看
有关这部新片的报道可别当真，有些纯粹是炒作。
) (2009-01-30)
名人恋
celebrity
romance(French first lady Carla Bruni, whose
celebrity romance with President
Nicolas Sarkozy sent his ratings into a
tailspin, is proving a hit with the public in her
new role.
法
国新任第一夫人卡拉·布吕尼时下人气大
涨，
而总统尼古拉斯·萨科齐则因大搞名人恋，导
致其民众支持
率一路下滑。
) (2009-01-28)
客串
guest
star
（
Courteney
Cox
and
Jennifer
Aniston
will
smooch
on
season
finale
of
FX's
ruthless tabloid queen Lucy
Spiller.
报道说，安妮斯顿在好友考克斯的新剧《丑闻》中客串了
一个同性恋女主编的角色，
在
《丑闻》
大结局时，
两位女主编还上演吻别镜头。
）
(2009-01-23)
一夜情
one-night
stand
（
Facial features can
be clues as to whether a member of the opposite
sex
is after a one-night stand or
something more permanent, researchers say.
< br>研究人员称，
男人的脸型
能够给女性提供足够的线索，<
/p>
以判断他们之间是最终走进婚姻的殿堂，
还是以一夜情收场。
）
(2009-01-23)
寄宿家庭
home stay
（
A home
stay provides the opportunity to experience
foreign culture while
living in a
foreign home.
寄宿家庭可以让你居住在外国人家中感受外国文化。
）
(2009-01-23)
全球首映
world premiere
（
Movie stars Jet Li and
Jackie Chan attended the world premiere event
of their latest film
影星李连杰和成
龙
4
月
18
日
在
北京出席了联袂出演的新片《功夫之王》全球首映礼。
）
(2009-01-23)
连环杀手
serial
killer (A female serial killer who terrorized
Mexico City as the
Killer
本周一
，以
小老太太杀手
之名震惊墨西哥城的女连环杀手因杀害
16
名老年妇女而被
判入狱
759
年。
)
(2009-01-20)
网络战
cyber
warfare
(US
military
officials
seeking
to
boost
the
nation's
cyber
warfare
capabilities are looking beyond
defending the Internet: They are developing ways
to launch virtual
attacks
on
enemies.
意图增强美国网络作战能力的美军官员目的
不仅是增强网络防卫能力，
而是想方设法策划对敌发动网络攻击。
) (2009-01-19)
变性人
transgender
(Thomas
Beatie,
a
transgender
man
of
Oregon,
gets
pregnant
by
artificial
insemination.
来自俄勒冈的变性男子托马斯·贝蒂通过人工受精方式怀孕。
)
(2009-01-16)
消费型国家
nation of
spenders (China is turning into a nation of
spenders as its per capita GDP
exceeded
the 2,000 US dollar mark, which leaves room for
bulging domestic demand.
随着我国
人均国内生产总值超过
2000
美元，国内消费市场总体空间
进一步扩大，中国正在向消费型
国家过渡。
)
(2009-01-15)
连环追尾
pileup (More
than 100 cars and trucks are involved in the
massive pileup on Highway
99 just south
of Fresno as patches of dense fog obscured
visibility on the heavily traveled roadway,
the
California
Highway
Patrol
officials
Paul
Solorzano
Jr.
said.
加州高速公路巡逻局官员保
罗·索洛萨诺说，出事路段交通繁忙，属于弗雷斯诺市以南的第
99
< br>号高速公路。当时雾很
大，能见度很低，造成
100
多辆车连环追尾。
) (2009-01-14)
房屋中介
letting
agent
(Jin
Yusong,
the
vice-general
manager
of
letting
agent
Beijing
Lianjia,
said
or what they do inside
the house.
北京链家房屋中介公司的副总经理说，
<
/p>
链家拥有数以千计
的客户，他们不可能挨个查每个人什么时候回家
，或是在家里做什么。
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