to take/have a breather
歇一下
Tell me when you need a breather.
你需要休息时就告诉我。
a five-minute breather
休息五分钟
1.通气孔[管,筒],呼吸阀[瓶],(潜水服等的)送气装置,【电】(变压器用的)吸潮器
2.呼吸者,生物
3.(使人大喘气的)激烈运动[费力的工作],〈美〉喘着气的拳击选手
4.片刻的休息,使呼吸恢复正常的休息
5.呼吸子
1.通气孔[管,筒],呼吸阀[瓶],(潜水服等的)送气装置,【电】(变压器用的)吸潮器
2.呼吸者,生物
3.(使人大喘气的)激烈运动[费力的工作],〈美〉喘着气的拳击选手
4.片刻的休息,使呼吸恢复正常的休息
5.呼吸子
1.a short rest from work or activity. To take a breather means to rest.
1.I have not given myself two weeks of a breather to just deal with, you know, myself.
从未有过两个星期的空閒时间，去好好考虑一下自己。
2.Unlike a rocket engine, the jet engine, as you know, is an "air breather" .
正如你们所知道的，这种喷气发动机与火箭发动机不同：它是“空气喷气发动机”。
3.Somehow the valve of his breather had been turned down. He increased the flow a bit, looking at the sky, inhaling .
不知怎的他呼吸器上的阀门关闭了。卡米增加了一点流量，看着天空，大口地吸气。
4.THE YUAN, having taken a breather after a sprint against the U. S. dollar, seems to be getting ready for another upward run.
经历一波迅猛上涨之后，人民币兑美元进入了一个休整期，似乎正在为继续上行积聚动能。
5.Like modern whales, Basilosaurus was an air breather and could not have stayed underwater for long periods of time.
和今天的鲸鱼一样，龙王鲸需要换气，不能长时间待在水下。
6.Although we remain in a risk seeking environment, gains in risky assets might take a bit of a breather today due to two factors.
我们仍处于冒险环境，但风险资产涨势或出于两个原因而暂停脚步。
7.After a four-day run, markets are taking a bit of a breather today, as indexes climb back down after notching new highs earlier this week.
经过了连续4天的上涨后，美国股市周三略作休整，股指在本周初连创新高后有所回调。
8.Saudi Arabia needs to keep the world addicted to oil as long as possible, so giving it a breather with lower oil prices isn't a bad thing.
沙特需要让全世界尽量长时期的离不开石油，因此，让油价有一段时间的低价位并非坏事。
9.The stock has had a heck of the run in recent weeks, so it may be time for a breather here given that visibility does remain limited.
近来数周该股涨势很不错，但在能见度的确有限的情形下，也许是涨势该稍事停歇的时候了。
10.He held up the ball and allowed the team to take a breather when they were in 10 men.
他控住球，以使得球队可以在10人应战的情况下赢得喘息时间。