rest
noun/rest/
/rest/
Idioms - the rest[singular] the part of something that remains
剩余部分；残留；其余 - Take what you want and throw the rest away.
把你想要的拿走，其余的丢掉。 - the rest of something The country enjoys friendly relations with the rest of the world.
该国与世界其他国家保持友好关系。 - How would you like to spend the rest of the day?
后半天你打算怎么过？ - for the rest of something I'm not doing this job for the rest of my life.
我不会一辈子干这种工作。
- Take what you want and throw the rest away.
- the rest[plural] the people or things that remain; the others
其余的人；其他事物；其他 - The first question was difficult, but the rest were pretty easy.
第一个问题很难，但其余的都相当简单。 - the rest of something Don't blame Alex. He's human, like the rest of us.
不要责怪亚历克斯。他和我们大家一样，也是人。
- The first question was difficult, but the rest were pretty easy.
- [countable, uncountable] a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity
休息时间；睡眠时间 - I had a good night's rest.
我睡了一宿好觉。 - We stopped for a well-earned rest.
我们停下来做个应有的休息。 - rest from something to have/take a rest from all your hard work
放下繁重的工作，休息一下 - Try to get some rest—you have a busy day tomorrow.
休息一下吧，你明天还要忙一天呢。 - There are no matches tomorrow, which is a rest day, but the tournament resumes on Monday.
明天是休息日，没有比赛，但星期一继续比赛。
Synonyms restrestbreak ▪ respite ▪ time out ▪ breathing spaceThese are all words for a short period of time spent relaxing.rest a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity:- We stopped for a well-earned rest.
我们停下来做个应有的休息。
- Let’s take a break.
咱们休息会儿吧。
- The drug brought a brief respite from the pain.
药物暂时缓解了疼痛。
- Take time out to relax by the pool.
去游泳池边歇一歇吧。
- This delay gives the party a breathing space in which to sort out its policies.
这一延误使该党有了喘息之机来厘定其政策。
- (a) rest/break/respite/time out from something
- to have/take (a) rest/break/time out
- to give somebody (a) rest/break/respite/breathing space
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcarea2- Get some rest while you can.
能休息就休息一下。 - Her heart would find no rest until she knew the truth.
在知道真相以前她是不会放心的。 - I apologize for disturbing your rest.
抱歉打扰你休息了。 - I had a good long rest before the party.
聚会前我美美地歇了好长时间。 - I need my beauty rest.
我需要睡个美容觉。 - I was hospitalized many times and put on bed rest for six months.
我多次住院并卧床休息了半年。 - The body requires a healthy diet and adequate rest.
身体需要健康的饮食和足够的休息。 - The doctor advised him to take a complete rest from football.
医生建议他不要踢足球，彻底休息一下。 - You need a rest from all your hard work.
你需要放下繁重的工作，休息一下。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- good
- long
- …
- find
- get
- have
- …
- break
- day
- interval
- …
- at rest
- rest from
- a day of rest
- I had a good night's rest.
- [countable] (often in compounds) an object that is used to support or hold something
enlarge image支撑物；支架；基座；托 - an armrest (= for example on a seat or chair)
座椅扶手
- an armrest (= for example on a seat or chair)
- [countable, uncountable] a period of silence between notes; a sign that shows a rest between notes
enlarge image休止；休止符
remaining part/people/things
period of relaxing
support
in music
Word Originnoun senses 3 to 5 Old English ræst, rest (noun), ræstan, restan (verb), of Germanic origin, from a root meaning ‘league’ or ‘mile’ (referring to a distance after which one rests). noun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old French reste (noun), rester (verb), from Latin restare ‘remain’, from re- ‘back’ + stare ‘to stand’.
Idioms
and (all) the rest (of it)
- (informal) used at the end of a list to mean everything else that you might expect to be on the list
（列举时用）诸如此类，等等 - He wants a big house and an expensive car and all the rest of it.
他想要大房子、豪华汽车，如此等等。
- He wants a big house and an expensive car and all the rest of it.
and the rest
- (informal) used to say that the actual amount or number of something is much higher than somebody has stated
（比所说的）还要多；远不止此数 - ‘It cost 250 pounds…’ ‘And the rest, and the rest!’
“这要花 250 英镑…”“不止这些，不止！”
- ‘It cost 250 pounds…’ ‘And the rest, and the rest!’
at rest
- (specialist) not moving
不动；静止 - At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf.
这种昆虫不动时看上去像一片枯叶。
- At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf.
- dead and therefore free from trouble or worry. People say ‘at rest’ to avoid saying ‘dead’.
（委婉说法，与 dead 同义）安息，长眠 - She now lies at rest in the churchyard.
她现在长眠在教堂墓地里。
- She now lies at rest in the churchyard.
come to rest
- to stop moving
停止移动；不再移动 - The car crashed through the barrier and came to rest in a field.
汽车闯过护栏，在一块田里停了下来。 - His eyes came to rest on Clara's face.
他的目光停留在克拉拉的脸上。 - The ball rolled down the hill and came to rest against a tree.
球滚下山，撞在一棵树上停了下来。
- The car crashed through the barrier and came to rest in a field.
for the rest
- (British English, formal) apart from that; considering other matters
除此之外；至于其他 - The book has some interesting passages about the author's childhood. For the rest, it is extremely dull.
这本书中关于作者童年的一些章节倒还有意思。除此之外，便无聊至极。
- The book has some interesting passages about the author's childhood. For the rest, it is extremely dull.
give it a rest
- (informal) used to tell somebody to stop talking about something because they are annoying you
不要再提（恼人的事）了 - Give it a rest! You’ve been complaining all day.
让它休息一下吧！你整天都在抱怨。
- Give it a rest! You’ve been complaining all day.
give something a rest
- (informal) to stop doing something for a while
暂停；暂时不做
lay somebody to rest
- to bury somebody. People say ‘to lay somebody to rest’ to avoid saying ‘to bury’ somebody.
（委婉说法，与 bury 同义）安葬 - George was laid to rest beside his parents.
乔治被安葬在他父母墓旁。
- George was laid to rest beside his parents.
lay/put something to rest
- to stop something by showing it is not true
（通过揭穿假象）平息，使停止 - The announcement finally laid all the speculation about their future to rest.
通告最终消除了一切有关他们的未来的推测。
- The announcement finally laid all the speculation about their future to rest.
(there’s) no peace/rest for the wicked
- (usually humorous) used when somebody is complaining that they have a lot of work to do
（有人抱怨工作太多时说）恶人绝无平安
put/set somebody’s mind at ease/rest
- to do or say something to make somebody stop worrying about something
安慰；宽解；使宽心
the rest is history
- used when you are telling a story to say that you do not need to tell the end of it, because everyone knows it already
结局是尽人皆知的；结果如何不必赘述