Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11176
respite
推迟；延期
To delay or postpone (an event).
宾语为事件
- 1.
To delay or postpone (an event).
推迟或延期(事件)
- 2.
To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation.
给予(某人)额外时间履行某项义务
宽限；准予（某人）延期；推迟或延期(事件)；给予(某人)额外时间履行某项义务；使暂缓
In use
The judge respited the prisoner's sentence for six months.
The committee voted to respite the new policy until next year.
He respited his decision after hearing more evidence.
Verb forms
base respite · third person respites · -ing respiting · past respited · past participle respited
规则动词，暂缓；常用于正式场合
Connections
Collocations
- respite a payment
- 准予延期付款
- The bank respited the payment by two weeks.银行允许将这笔付款延期两周。
- respite a debtor
- 宽限债务人
- The court respited the debtor until the end of the month.法院给该债务人宽限到月底。
- respite the execution
- 推迟处决
- The governor respited the execution for thirty days.州长将处决推迟了三十天。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
respite 里有 spite（怨恨）：把烦心事推迟，给自己换来喘息之机。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式文书、法律文本、公告通知 respite 作动词时多用于正式或法律语境，表示“推迟”或“准予延期”，口语中很少见。实际正式程度还需结合具体搭配和文体判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -ite 结尾，其中 despite、spite、invite、ignite、polite 都以重读的 /aɪt/ 结尾，彼此押韵；appetite 重音在前，不押韵。respite 的给定读音是 RES-pait（重音在前），与 despite、spite 等只是拼写相似，并不真正押韵，注意分辨。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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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