休息一下：rest的用法小结

Revenge is not good once you're done.It's better to forget.Nothing's the same after you've killed someone.Your life is changed forever.You have to sleep with one eye open for the rest of your life.

——Leon

复仇并不是好事，最好是忘记，你杀了人以后，一切都变了，你的生活就从此改变了，你的余生都要提心吊胆的过活。

——《这个杀手不太冷》

一、下面我们来看看rest有几种含义

n.

1.休息；睡眠时间 [U,C] a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity

Study should be sandwiched with periods of rest.

学习中间应安插一些休息时间。

2.休止；休止符 [U,C] a period of silence between notes; a sign that shows a rest between notes

When the song came to a rest she paused for a while.

唱到了休止符的时候，她停顿了一下。

3.剩余部分；残留；其余 the remaining part of sth

If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.

如果一只羊跳过沟渠，其余所有的羊都会同样做。

4.其余的人；其他事物；其他 the remaining people or things; the others

All the rest of us were wrong and evil.

我们其余的人都错了且心术不正。

5.支撑物；支架；基座；托 [C] an object that is used to support or hold sth

A rest shall be placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright.

一排书的末端应放个支撑物以使书本保持直立。

v.

1.休息；放松 [I,T] to relax, sleep or do nothing after a period of activity or illness

It would be nice to sit down and rest for a while.

坐下来休息一会儿是很好的。

2.（被）支撑；（使）倚靠；托 [I,T] to support sth by putting it on or against sth; to be supported in this way

Rest the ladder against the wall.

把梯子靠在墙上吧。

3.被搁置；中止 [I,T] if you let a matter rest, you stop discussing it or dealing with it

We cannot let the matter rest there.

我们不能让问题就此被搁置下来。

4.（委婉说法）安息；长眠 [I] to be buried. People say 'rest' to avoid saying 'be buried'.

She was laid to rest beside her late husband.

她安葬在亡夫的墓旁。

二、词义辨析：还有哪些词汇含有“舒适，安逸，悠闲”的意思呢？

comfort, ease, leisure, relaxation, relief, rest