rest

/rest/ n.
标准词条 CET-4IELTS
一句话记住

休息;歇息;剩余部分;其余的人或物

释义与例句

n. 休息;歇息
a period of relaxing or sleeping after activity
  1. You should get plenty of rest after the operation.
    手术后你应该充分休息。
  2. The hikers stopped for a short rest beside the river.
    徒步旅行者在河边停下来短暂休息。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. She took a day off work to rest.
    她请了一天假休息。
n. 剩余部分;其余的人或物
the part, people, or things that remain after others have been used or mentioned
  1. We spent the rest of the day at the beach.
    当天剩下的时间我们都在海滩度过。
  2. Two students left early, but the rest stayed until the end.
    两名学生提前离开,其余学生留到了最后。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. Add the rest of the milk to the mixture.
    把剩下的牛奶加入混合物中。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 the rest 后的谓语单复数取决于所指的剩余对象:the rest of the water is;the rest of the students are。

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • restful 令人放松的;宁静的
    形容词,描述环境或活动使人得到休息、感到平静。
同义词
  • break 休息;间歇
    rest 泛指停止活动以放松或恢复体力,可长可短;break 常指工作、学习或活动中的短暂间歇,通常是可数名词。
    We took a fifteen-minute break between classes. 课间我们休息了十五分钟。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
  • remainder 剩余部分;余数
    the rest 更口语、通用,可指剩余的人或物;remainder 较正式,常指剩余数量,在数学中还表示除法的余数。
    The remainder of the money was donated to charity. 剩下的钱捐给了慈善机构。
常见搭配
  • have a rest 休息一下
    Let's have a rest before climbing the next hill. 爬下一座山之前,我们休息一下吧。
  • the rest of 其余的……;剩下的……
    The rest of the tickets were sold online. 其余的票都在网上售出了。
  • get some rest 休息一下;好好歇息
    You look tired, so try to get some rest. 你看起来很累,尽量休息一下吧。