Recess
[ 'risɛs ]
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n. 休息;隐蔽处;（山脉，海岸等的）凹处;壁凹，壁龛;
vt. 把某物放在凹处;制造凹陷;（暂时）休会，休课，休庭;
vi. 休息，休会，休庭;
💡 词根助记
cede, ceed, cess 表示走,让步#词根助记：re向后+cess行走
📝 例句
He approached imperceptibly the gloomy recess.
他不知不觉地走到了幽暗的山岔。
At six o'clock another recess was called.
到了六点又休会一次。
I pushed the problem down into the dim recesses of my mind.
我把这个问题藏到内心深处,不去多想它。
We're trying to push legislation through before the Christmas recess.
我们正设法使这些法令在圣诞节休会之前获得通过。
I hope you enjoyed a short recess from our hard work.
工作很辛苦，我希望你们在短暂的休息期间过得很愉快。
🌱 联想助记
recede 的名词
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
recess
n
1 [C, U]
(a) (US also vacation) period of time when work or business is stopped, esp in Parliament, the lawcourts, etc （工作或业务活动的）中止或暂停期间; （尤指国会、 法庭等的）休会期, 休庭期: the summer recess 暑假
Parliament is in recess. 议会处於休会期.
(b) (US) break between classes at school （学校的）课间休息. =>Usage at break2 用法见break2.
2 [C] space in a room where part of a wall is set back from the main part; alcove 壁凹（墙壁的凹进处）; 凹室; 壁龛
a door, window, cupboard, etc recess 可供安门、 窗、 橱柜等的壁凹.
3 [C] hollow space inside sth 某物内部的凹形空间
a drawer with a secret recess 有隐秘槽子的抽屉.
4 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
remote or secret place 遥远或隐秘的地方
the dark recesses of a cave 洞中隐秘的暗处
(fig 比喻) in the innermost recesses of the heart/mind 在内心[思想]的最深处. recess, v
1 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
place (sth) in a recess(2) 把（某物）放在墙壁的凹处
recessed shelves, windows, etc 在墙壁的凹处设置的搁架、 窗户等.
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
set (a wall) back; provide (a wall) with recesses 将（墙）做成凹形; 在（墙）上做壁龛.
3 [I] (US) take a recess(1a) 休息; 休假; 休会; 休庭.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'ses]n. 休息, 休会, 放假, 凹进处, 深处vt. 使凹进vi. 休假, 休息【化】 凹口; 凹穴【医】 隐窝
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Well, that must be him.
噢，一定是他。
Gold will not buy everything.
黄金不能购买一切。
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。