vacation
词语释义
英 [və'keɪʃ(ə)n; veɪ-] 美 [və'keʃ(ə)n; ve-]
n. 假期；（房屋）搬出
vi. 休假，度假
单词分析：这些名词均有“假日，节日”之意。
holiday指按规定不工作的各种假日，时间可长可短。在英国复数形式表示较长的假期。
festival指公众庆祝、欢度的节日。
vacation通常指时间较长的假期，如学校的寒暑假等。
leave主要指政府机关工作人员或军队人员获准的休假、假期。
记忆方法：1. 我开心。
英英释义
Noun:
"we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
单词词源
中文词源
vacation 假期
来自vacate，空出，引申词义假期。
英语词源
vacation (n.)
late 14c., "freedom from obligations, leisure, release" (from some activity or occupation), from Old French vacacion "vacancy, vacant position" (14c.) and directly from Latin vacationem (nominative vacatio) "leisure, freedom, exemption, a being free from duty, immunity earned by service," noun of state from past participle stem of vacare "be empty, free, or at leisure" (see vain).
Meanings "state of being unoccupied," "process of vacating" in English are early 15c. Meaning "formal suspension of activity, time in which there is an intermission of usual employment" (in reference to schools, courts, etc.) is recorded from mid-15c. As the U.S. equivalent of what in Britain is called a holiday, it is attested from 1878.
vacation (v.)
1866, from vacation (n.). Related: Vacationed; vacationing.
词态变化
复数 vacations;
权威造句
1. Neff hitchhiked to New York during his Christmas vacation.
内夫在圣诞节假期里搭顺风车去了纽约。
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2. Did you have a lot of reading during the vacation?
放假期间你读了很多书吗？
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3. The French get five to six weeks' vacation a year.
法国人每年有5到6周的假期。
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4. He looked tanned and well rested after his vacation.
度假之后，他皮肤晒得黝黑，精神焕发。
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5. Who cares about some stupid vacation?
谁在乎什么愚蠢的度假？
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近反义词
day
festival
holiday
leave
相似短语
be on vacation 在度假期
vacation at 在…度假
on vacation 在度假,在假期
volunteer vacation 义工度假，在度假期间志愿为某一计划工作的度假。亦称 volunteer holiday.
vacation pay 假期工资
summer vacation n.暑假
business vacation 休业
vacation village 度假村
vacation resort 旅游胜地
vacation spot phr. 度假胜地