rest /rɛst/ ( resting, rested, rests )

• PHRASE

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you rest or if you rest your body, you do not do anything active for a time. 休息

  例：

  He's tired and exhausted, and has been advised to rest for two weeks.

  他劳累而疲惫，被建议休息两个星期。

• 2. 

  N-VAR If you get some rest or have a rest, you do not do anything active for a time. 休息

  例：

  "You're worn out, Laura," he said. "Go home and get some rest."

  “你太累了，劳拉，”他说。“回家休息一下吧。”

• 3. 

  V-I If something such as a theory or someone's success rests on a particular thing, it depends on that thing. 依赖 [正式]

  例：

  Such a view rests on a number of incorrect assumptions.

  这一观点基于一些错误的假定。

• 4. 

  V-I If authority, a responsibility, or a decision rests with you, you have that authority or responsibility, or you are the one who will make that decision. 取决 [正式]

  例：

  The final decision rested with the president.

  最终决定取决于该总统。

• 5. 

  V-T If you rest something somewhere, you put it there so that its weight is supported. 使倚靠

  例：

  He rested his arms on the back of the chair.

  他把他的两条胳膊倚在那把椅子的靠背上。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I If something is resting somewhere, or if you are resting it there, it is in a position where its weight is supported. 靠放

  例：

  His head was resting on her shoulder.

  他的头正靠在她的肩上。

• 7. 

  V-I If you rest on or against someone or something, you lean on them so that they support the weight of your body. 倚靠

  例：

  He rested on his pickaxe for a while.

  他在他的镐上倚靠了一会儿。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A rest is an object that is used to support something, especially your head, arms, or feet. 支架

  例：

  When you are sitting, keep your elbow on the arm rest.

  当你坐着的时候，把胳膊肘靠在扶手上。

• 9. 

  V-I If your eyes rest on a particular person or object, you look directly at them, rather than somewhere else. (目光) 停留 [书面]

  例：

  As she spoke, her eyes rested on her husband's face.

  当她说话的时候，目光停留在她丈夫的脸上。

• 10. 

  → see also rested

• 11. 

  PHRASE When an object that has been moving comes to rest, it finally stops. 停止 [正式]

  例：

  The plane had ploughed a path through a patch of forest before coming to rest in a field.

  该飞机从一小块森林中间犁出一条小径，而后停在一片旷野上。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If someone refuses to let a subject rest, they refuse to stop talking about it, especially after they have been talking about it for a long time. 停止谈论

  例：

  I am not prepared to let this matter rest.

  我不准备停止谈论这件事。

• 13. 

  PHRASE To put someone's mind at rest or set their mind at rest means to tell them something that stops them from worrying. 使某人安心

  例：

  A brain scan last Friday finally set his mind at rest.

  上周五进行的一次脑部扫描终于让他安心了。

• 14. 

  rest assured →see assured

• 15. 

  to rest on your laurels →see laurel