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Hiatus Show Break 英 Haɪ'Eɪtəs] 美 Haɪ'Eɪtəs N.裂缝;分裂;间断;停顿 Marriage

英语单词 hiatus
英美音标 英 [haɪ'eɪtəs] 美 [haɪ'eɪtəs]
中文释义 n.裂缝;分裂;间断;停顿
英语例句 (1) My marriage is not ending. It's just on hiatus.
(2) We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years.
(3) After a five-month hiatus, the talks resumed.
(4) The travel show was on hiatus during coverage of Wimbledon.
中文例句 (1) 我的婚姻还没完,只是有点裂缝。
(2) 我们在分裂二十多年后又新生了友谊。
(3) 谈判在中断了五个月之后又开始了。
(4) 该旅游节目因为转播温布顿网球赛而暂停播出。
vocabulary简明 A temporary gap, pause, break, or absence can be called a hiatus. When your favorite TV show is on hiatus, that means there are no new episodes — not forever, just for a little while.
vocabulary扩展 Even things that go on for a long time take a break once in a while: one kind of break is a hiatus. If someone has to leave her job for a time, she's going on hiatus. A touring band will need to take a hiatus if the lead singer gets in an accident. The key thing about a hiatus is that it's an interruption of something that was happening, but it's not a permanent break.
柯林斯解释
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[N-SING 单数名词]间歇;间断;空隙;缺漏 A hiatus is a pause in which nothing happens, or a gap where something is missing.
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  • Diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement resume today after a two-week hiatus...

    为寻求解决方案而进行的外交谈判在中断了两周之后于今天重新开始。

  • There was a hiatus in his acting life.

    他的演艺生涯曾一度中断。

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