Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #127
leave
休假；请假；准假
核心释义
Time away from work that one is allowed to take; permission to be absent.
- 1.
击球手不试图击球的动作
The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
- 2.
准许缺席；离开工作的时间
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
- 3.
击球后剩余的球的布局,决定下一名击球者的选择优劣
The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
- 4.
玩家回合结束后字架上剩余的字母牌
The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
不击球；让球飞过；（台球等）一杆后的球势；剩余球位；（拼字游戏）留在字母架上的字母；剩余字母；击球手不试图击球的动作；准许缺席；离开工作的时间
用法In use
She took leave of her friends before departing.
用法提示：此处 leave 为名词，表示“告别”的动作。
He is on annual leave from his job.
用法提示：此处 leave 为名词，表示“休假”的期间。
The manager gave him leave to go early.
用法提示：此处 leave 为名词，表示“许可”。
be on leave
on leave 表示处于休假状态，常与 be 动词连用，后面可跟时间或地点。
She has been on leave since Monday.
她从周一起一直在休假。
take leave
take leave 表示请假；申请请假则说 ask for leave。
I need to take leave next month.
我下个月需要请假。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- annual leave
- 年假
- I have thirty days of annual leave each year.我每年有三十天年假。
- sick leave
- 病假
- He is on sick leave after the operation.他手术后正在休病假。
- maternity leave
- 产假
- She will take maternity leave next month.她下个月开始休产假。
- paid leave
- 带薪休假
- The company offers paid leave to all employees.公司为所有员工提供带薪休假。
- leave of absence
- 准假；请假
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想法：leave意为“离开”，那么离开工作的时间就是“休假”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：workplace、human resources、formal notices 作名词表示“休假；请假”时，多用于职场或正式场合，如 on leave、annual leave、sick leave。日常口语里更常说 time off。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常不可数，但在表示‘几次休假’时可用复数
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 leave /liːv/ 押韵（重读元音和后面的辅音均为 /iːv/）：sleeve /sliːv/、heave /hiːv/、weave /wiːv/、believe /bɪˈliːv/、achieve /əˈtʃiːv/、receive /rɪˈsiːv/。注意形近词 leaf /liːf/、lease /liːs/、leap /liːp/、lean /liːn/ 都以 lea- 开头，但结尾辅音不同，都不与 leave 押韵。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.