关于“放假” 、 “休息”的各种说法！ Holiday、Vacation、Days off、Leave、Break、Furlough 区别及用法 Holiday 一般指法定假日，当老美说 the holidays/the holiday season，是说包括 Christmas, Hanukkah(犹太人圣节), and New Year’s Day 的这段假期但不包括周末，如果是周末必 须说 on a weekend 如 搭配 New Year Holiday 新年假期 a legal holiday, a national holiday 法定假日on holiday/on one’s holiday 休假中 half-holiday/half-day 半天休假take a week’s holiday 一周的休假 make a holiday 休假、庆祝、休息 be home for the holiday 放假回家 package holiday 指由旅行社包办所有事宜的观光旅游 Vacation: 通常指停止工作或读书的假期，与天数无关 如 annual vacation, Christmas vacation。
搭配 summer vacation 暑假 winter vacation 寒假 go on vacation/ take a vacation 自己放假 Days off 纯粹指不用上班，休息的日子或一段时间，例如周末，就是 days off 搭配：[一段时间＋off] (通常用 take/have 当动词) 例句 He has a day off today. She had two weeks off because she was ill. I want to take a day off to see the doctor. I got an afternoon off and went to the ball game. (请两小时假看球赛) Leave 亦可当假期，但通常必须是自己申请的休假 如 ask for leave （请假）grant leave （准假）overstay one’s leave （超假）sick leave （病假）maternity leave（产假）annual leave（年假） 搭配： on leave 告假中 go home on leave 请假回家take one’s leave 告辞 take French leave 不告而别 例句： I met her while I was on leave.She is on six week’s paid leave. (她正在度六周有薪假期) I get leave twice a year. = I have two leaves a year. (我一年有两次休假) Break 短时间的休息，亦指课堂间的短暂休息或音乐会的中场休息。
搭配have/take a break 休息一下 Give me a break! 饶了我吧 例句 There was a break in the concert. Let’s have a coffee/tea break. They usually go shopping during their lunch break. Furlough 指军人、公务员、政府官员的休假，通常假期较长 搭配 be home/go home on furlough 回家/回国休假 例句 He’s on nine month’s furlough. He was given/granted two week’s furlough. I have a furlough every two years.海外汇款 overseas remittance (Despite the global economic crisis, the amount of overseas remittance to Vietnam in 2008 is estimated to go up by $1.3b to $8b, Vietnamese officials said Tuesday. 越南官员 6 日说，虽然正值全球经济危机，但是粗略估计，2008 年越南的侨汇收 入仍然增长了 13 亿美元，达到 80 亿美元。
) (2009-02-03)私奔 elope (2 childhood sweethearts, aged 6 and 7, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on New Year's Eve, wanting to tie the knot under the African sun. 德国北部汉诺威一对年纪分别 为 6 岁和 7 岁的小情侣新年前夜竟然私奔，他们想跑到非洲的艳阳底下结为连理) (2009- 02-02)一致决议 binding resolution (Egypt expressed its regret at the UNSC's failure to adopt a binding resolution calling for a stop of the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza, Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said in a statement. 埃及外交部发言人萨基在声明中表示，埃及对联 合国安理会未能就呼吁以色列停止对加沙的袭击形成一致决议表示遗憾。
) (2009-02-01)炒作 hype (Don't take media reports on the new movie seriously. Some reports are just hype. 看 有关这部新片的报道可别当真，有些纯粹是炒作) (2009-01-30)名人恋 celebrity romance(French first lady Carla Bruni, whose celebrity romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy sent his ratings into a tailspin, is proving a hit with the public in her new role.法 国新任第一夫人卡拉·布吕尼时下人气大涨，而总统尼古拉斯·萨科齐则因大搞名人恋， 导致其民众支持率一路下滑) (2009-01-28)客串 guest star （Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston will smooch on season finale of FX's “Dirt.“ In the episode, Aniston, guest stars as a lesbian magazine editor and rival to Cox's character, ruthless tabloid queen Lucy Spiller.报道说，安妮斯顿在好友考克斯的新剧《丑闻》 中客串了一个同性恋女主编的角色，在《丑闻》大结局时，两位女主编还上演吻别镜头。
） (2009-01-23)一夜情 one-night stand （Facial features can be clues as to whether a member of the opposite sex is after a one-night stand or something more permanent, researchers say.研究人员称，男人 的脸型能够给女性提供足够的线索，以判断他们之间是最终走进婚姻的殿堂，还是以一夜 情收场 ） (2009-01-23)寄宿家庭 home stay （A home stay provides the opportunity to experience foreign culture while living in a foreign home.寄宿家庭可以让你居住在外国人家中感受外国文化 ） (2009-01-23)全球首映 world premiere （Movie stars Jet Li and Jackie Chan attended the world premiere event of their latest film “The Forbidden Kingdom“ in Beijing April 16.影星李连杰和成龙 4 月 18 日在北京出席了联袂出演的新片《功夫之王》全球首映礼。
） (2009-01-23)连环杀手 serial killer (A female serial killer who terrorized Mexico City as the “Little Old Lady Killer“ was sentenced to 759 years in jail on Monday for killing 16 elderly women. 本周一，以“ 小老太太杀手“之名震惊墨西哥城的女连环杀手因杀害 16 名老年妇女而被判入狱 759 年) (2009-01-20)网络战 cyber warfare (US military officials seeking to boost the nation's cyber warfare capabilities are looking beyond defending the Internet: They are developing ways to launch virtual attacks on enemies. 意图增强美国网络作战能力的美军官员目的不仅是增强网络防卫能力， 而是想方设法策划对敌发动网络攻击。
) (2009-01-19)变性人 transgender (Thomas Beatie, a transgender man of Oregon, gets pregnant by artificial insemination. 来自俄勒冈的变性男子托马斯·贝蒂通过人工受精方式怀孕) (2009-01-16)消费型国家 nation of spenders (China is turning into a nation of spenders as its per capita GDP exceeded the 2,000 US dollar mark, which leaves room for bulging domestic demand. 随着我国 人均国内生产总值超过 2000 美元，国内消费市场总体空间进一步扩大，中国正在向消费型 国家过渡) (2009-01-15)连环追尾 pileup (More than 100 cars and trucks are involved in the massive pileup on Highway 99 just south of Fresno as patches of dense fog obscured visibility on the heavily traveled roadway, the California Highway Patrol officials Paul Solorzano Jr. said. 加州高速公路巡逻局官员保 罗·索洛萨诺说，出事路段交通繁忙，属于弗雷斯诺市以南的第 99 号高速公路。
当时雾很 大，能见度很低，造成 100 多辆车连环追尾) (2009-01-14)房屋中介 letting agent (Jin Yusong, the v。