各种“休假”知多少

2015-05-05 10:47阿卡索英语

说到休假,那还不熟悉吗?holiday, vacation;词组搭配有on holiday/vacation,初中都背过的。那我们今天来讲讲,关于''holiday, vacation''大家不知道的那些事儿;再拓展讲讲其他的“休假”。

 

1. Holiday/Vacation:

holiday是英式英语, vacation是美式英语,用法差不多,以下着重讲holiday,关于vacation大家举一反三吧。值得留意的是,holiday在美式英语中,多解作短的假期,如周末;vacation则指较长的假期,如暑假。

(1)“放假”可以说on holiday,如果只是“调休、休息”等暂时性的没去上班、上课,口语中一般不用on holiday,而用''off ''

例:

''Where's Kate?''  ''She's off this week.''-凯特呢? -她这周休息。)

(2)搭配:

     a package holiday: =a holiday in which you pay a price that includes travel, room and food包价游(费用都交给旅行社等,由他们来安排食宿玩)——不要照字面理解成什么“背包客”、“穷游”等等

例:

The company organizes package holidays to Spain and Greece. (公司组织去西班牙和希腊的包价游。)

     a dream holiday:=the best holiday you can imagine豪华游

例:

They won a dream holiday for two to the Caribbean. (他俩赢得了加勒比海双人豪华游。)

a holiday resort: 度假胜地(有很多旅馆、游泳池等度假设施)

a holiday destination: 度假胜地(可以是自然风光)

例:

Marmaris is one of Turkey's most popular holiday destinations. (马尔马里斯港是土耳其最有名的度假胜地之一。)

holiday snaps 口语)旅行中拍的照片

例:

Do you want to see our holiday snaps?(你想看看我们旅游的照片吗?)

a holiday romance: 旅行中的邂逅、艳遇

例:

It was just a holiday romance; I never saw him again.(那只是旅途中的邂逅,那之后就没见过他了。)

the holiday of a lifetime:=a very good or expensive holiday that you will only take once只会来那么一次的奢华游

例:

We took the family on a holiday of a lifetime to Orlando. (我们一家人来了个奥兰多奢华游,太贵了,下不为例。)

 

2. breakn. 工作或学习的短暂间歇;或学校短假期

例:

a ten-minute coffee break10分钟喝咖啡的休息时间)

We had worked for ten hours without a break.(我们连续工作了10小时,一会都没歇。)

I'll go shopping during my lunch break.(趁着吃午饭的休息时间,我要去购物。)

Lots of college kids go to beaches during the spring break.(春假时很多大学生去海边玩。)(备注:美国的''spring break''一般指34月间的复活节假期,一般1~2周时间。)

 

3. leave: 休假、请假

例:

I've applied for three days' leave. (我请了3天假。)

We get four weeks' annual leave. (我们每年4带薪年假。)

He has been taking a lot of sick leave recently. (最近他常请病假。)

Angela is on maternity leave.(安杰拉在休产假。)

He was given compassionate leave to go to his father's funeral. (他请了丧假去参加父亲的葬礼。)

She's been given leave of absence to attend a computer course.(她请假去上电脑课。)

备注:解休假的leave是没有复数的

 

 

4. getaway: n. a short holiday away from home, or a place where people go for a short holiday 短途旅游;短途旅游目的地(美式英语)

例:

Big Bear Lake is a popular weekend getaway. (大贝尔湖是周末短途旅行的好去处。)(备注:大贝尔湖在美国加利福尼亚州)

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