Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #127
leave
休假；请假；准假
Time away from work that one is allowed to take; permission to be absent.
- 1.
The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
击球手不试图击球的动作
- 2.
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
准许缺席；离开工作的时间
- 3.
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).
击球后剩余的球的布局,决定下一名击球者的选择优劣
- 4.
The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
玩家回合结束后字架上剩余的字母牌
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
In use
She took leave of her friends before departing.
He is on annual leave from his job.
The manager gave him leave to go early.
Connections
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
- He requested a leave of absence to care for his mother.他请假去照顾母亲。
- on leave
- 休假中
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想法：leave意为“离开”，那么离开工作的时间就是“休假”。
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。
Grammar Note
通常不可数，但在表示‘几次休假’时可用复数
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。
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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