give something a rest

spoken to stop doing an activity 暂停某事，暂时不做某事

I gave the acting a rest for a while.

我把演出工作暂停了一段时间。

Examples from the Corpus

give something a rest• Now you can give your imagination a rest.• On first hearing, I prematurely thought Vin Garbutt had given abortion a rest.• I think you should just give it a rest for a few weeks.• They must give you the rest of the story themselves.• We would here stress the importance of giving plenty of rests to the double basses.• On holiday you might like to give your feet a rest and not wear socks.• There was a reason for stopping, at least a reason to give it a rest.• The subs off the Washington bench contribute thirty-three points while giving the starters a rest.

→ give something a rest at rest1(5)

单词	give something a rest
释义	give something a rest give something a rest spoken to stop doing an activity 暂停某事，暂时不做某事 I gave the acting a rest for a while. 我把演出工作暂停了一段时间。 Examples from the Corpus give something a rest• Now you can give your imagination a rest.• On first hearing, I prematurely thought Vin Garbutt had given abortion a rest.• I think you should just give it a rest for a few weeks.• They must give you the rest of the story themselves.• We would here stress the importance of giving plenty of rests to the double basses.• On holiday you might like to give your feet a rest and not wear socks.• There was a reason for stopping, at least a reason to give it a rest.• The subs off the Washington bench contribute thirty-three points while giving the starters a rest. → give something a rest at rest1(5)
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