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| 1 | singular the part of something that remains 剩余部分 |
| I’ m not really hungry – do you want the rest? 我不太饿，你要不要吃剩下的这部分？ |
| +of We spent the rest of the day watching TV. 我们那天剩余的时间在看电视。 |
| Rain will spread to the rest of the country by evening. 到傍晚时分，降雨将会遍及全国其他地区。 |
| | 1a | the people or things that remain 余下的人（或物） | | Jim had become separated from the rest and got completely lost. 吉姆与其他人走散后就彻底迷路了。 | | +of The rest of the gang’ s leaders were either dead or in jail. 该犯罪集团的其他首领要么已死，要么就在狱中。 | |
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| 2 | C/U a period of time you spend relaxing or sleeping after doing something tiring 休息；睡眠 |
| Can we stop for a minute? I need a rest. 我们能停一会儿吗？我需要休息一下。 |
| He was ordered to have complete rest after his heart attack. 他心脏病发作后，被告知要彻底休息。 |
| +from She took a well-earned rest from her studies. 她暂停她的研究工作，得到了应有的休息。 |
| take/have a rest He took a short rest in the afternoon. 下午他短暂地休息了一下。 |
| get some rest You should go and get some rest before tonight’ s performance. 今晚的演出前你应该去休息一下。 |
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| 3 | C an object used for supporting something 撑架；支座；托 |
| ‘Well?’ she demanded, as he replaced the receiver on its rest. 当他把电话话筒放回支座上时，她问道：“怎么了？” |
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| 4 | C technical a pause of a particular length in a piece of music （音乐中的）休止 |
| | 4a | a symbol written on a piece of music showing how long this pause is （音乐中的）休止符 | |
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| - | and (all) the rest (of it) informal
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| used at the end of a list for referring to other similar people or things that you have not mentioned |
| 以及其他等等 |
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| There’ s so much competition from satellite TV, local radio, and the rest. 有来自卫星电视、地方电台及其他诸如此类媒体的众多竞争。 |
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| - | and the rest humorous
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| used for saying that a number or amount is in fact much higher than someone has said |
| 不止这个数；超过这个数 |
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| ‘He must be nearly 50.’ ‘And the rest!’ “他一定快50岁了。”“根本不止50岁！” |
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| - | and the rest is history
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| used for saying that everyone knows what happened next |
| 后来发生的事尽人皆知 |
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| So she started to write stories, and the rest, as they say, is history. 然后她开始写短篇小说。后来发生的事正如他们所说的，大家就都知道了。 |
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| - | at rest
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| 1 | not moving 停止的；静止的 | The markings are white and not visible when the bird is at rest. 当鸟儿停下不动时，标记是白色且看不见。 | |
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| 2 | an expression meaning dead , used when you think it will upset someone if you say this word 安息的（委婉说法） |
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| - | come to rest
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| 1 | to finally stop moving 停止；静止下来 | The vehicle skidded across the road before coming to rest against a wall. 汽车滑过马路后撞到墙停了下来。 | |
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| 2 | if your eyes come to rest on someone or something , they look at that one person or thing and stop looking around at different people or things （目光）停留 | +on Her eyes came to rest on the handsome man sitting opposite. 她的眼睛停留在坐在对面的一个英俊的年轻人身上。 | |
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| - | for the rest BRITISH formal
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| used for introducing a summary of the other aspects of a subject after you have dealt in detail with the most important part |
| 至于后来；至于其他 |
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| - | give sth a rest informal
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| 1 | to stop doing something for a period of time 暂停做某事 | He’ s going to give football a rest for a while. 他要暂停一阵子不踢足球了。 | |
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| 2 | informal used for telling someone to stop saying or doing something that is annoying you 别说了；别做了 |
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| - | lay sb to rest formal
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| an expression meaning to bury someone , used when you think it will upset someone if you say this word |
| 安葬某人（委婉说法） |
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| Hundreds of soldiers were laid to rest here. 成千的战士长眠于此。 |
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| - | lay/put sth to rest
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| to finally show that something is not true |
| 说明某事是不真实的 |
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| Their smiling faces laid to rest the stories of an impending divorce. 他们脸上的微笑揭穿了有关他们马上要离婚的说法。 |
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| - | set/put sb’ s mind at rest
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| to stop someone from worrying |
| 不再让某人担心；让某人安心 |
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| Look, tell me what happened, just to put my mind at rest. 来，告诉我发生了什么事，好让我不再担心。 |
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