take a breather

英 [teɪk ə ˈbriːðə(r)]

美 [teɪk ə ˈbriːðər]

网络  缓一缓; 减慢节奏; 喘口气

英英释义

verb

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
  Synonym:restbreathecatch one's breath

双语例句

• The coach told the baseball players to take a breather.
  教练叫棒球员休息一会。
• After the midweek draw with Manchester United, Wenger also suggested Sol Campbell may take a breather.
  在周中踢平曼联后，温格说坎贝尔将会得到休息的机会。
• Next month we ll take a breather from bug patterns to tackle some other important topics.
  下个月，我们将暂停错误模式的讨论转而处理其它一些重要的课题。
• Let's take a breather before we go on.
  咱喘口气儿再干吧。
• I've been swamped with paperwork since I came back from my vacation. I haven't even got a chance to take a breather.
  自从我休假回来之后就为文书作业忙得不可开交。我甚至连喘口气的机会都没有。
• After a decade of astonishing growth, the Chinese car industry may be about to take a breather.
  经过十年的飞速增长，中国汽车业可能要稍事喘息。
• The implication is that following a flurry of activity to build infrastructure and expand services ahead of an Olympiad, host countries take a breather, with the stock market benefiting from the increased liquidity and reduced inflationary pressures.
  研究报告称：其言下之意是，在经历了奥运会前的基础设施建设和服务扩张热潮之后，主办国稍事喘息，股市从流动性增加和通胀压力减弱中获益。
• I now have time to take a breather.
  现在我终于有时间喘口气了。
• But we all must take a breather.
  但是我们必须稍作休息。
• Take a breather: Just like schools have recess, children need to have mini-breaks when they're working hard to complete homework or projects, or studying for tests.
  休息一下：就像在学校一样，当孩子们正在努力完成家庭作业或准备复习考试的时候，他们需要休息的时间。