相較於「take a break」是在某活動中的短暫休息,「get some rest」表示因為疲勞或身體不適而不做任何事情的讓身體好好休息。
也可以說「rest up」,意思和「get some rest」相同。
英語會話中的常用例句
接下來介紹一些在英語會話時實際會用到的跟休息有關的例子。
初學者篇
I’m so busy today. I have a lot of things to do. I’m a bit tired. So I’ll take a quick break.
我今天好忙,我有好多事情要做。我有點累了,所以我要休息一下。
Take a break when you’re done.
完成之後請稍作休息。
I was too busy to take a break today. I’m so tired.
我今天太忙了完全沒休息。真是太累了!
You should take a break every 2 hours.
你應該每兩小時休息一次。
Why don’t we take a short break?
我們短暫的休息一下吧?
You should take a break. You look tired.
你應該休息一下喘口氣,你看起來很累耶!
I should get some rest. I feel dizzy.
我應該要休息一下,我頭很暈。
中級者篇
Today, I studied so hard without taking a break.
我今天很用功讀書,都沒有休息。
Let’s go get a break. Do you want to go for a smoke?
休息一下吧!你想去抽根菸嗎?
Let me take a 10-minute break, then let’s talk about that issue.
讓我休息10分鐘,然後我們再來談那個問題。
I got sick. I have a fever and my body hurts. I think I caught a cold. I’ll go back home now and get some rest.
我生病了。我發燒而且身體很痛。我想我應該是感冒了,我現在要回家休息。
I’ve been working 24/7 lately. I should get some rest.
我最近都在工作,我想我應該要休息一下比較好。
I studied English too much today. My brain is fried now. I’ll get some rest.
我今天讀太多英文,我的頭要炸了!我要休息一下。
My boss goes to the smoking room too often. He always says that taking breaks is important to reduce stress, but smoking is bad for health.
我的上司也太常去吸菸室了。他老是說為了舒緩壓力休息是很重要的,但抽菸對健康很不好啊!
高級者篇
To increase our productivity and creativity, we all should think about the importance of taking breaks during our work.
為了提高生產力與創造力,我們都應該認真思考在工作時稍作休息的重要性。
Tomorrow, our client is supposed to visit our office to discuss their new business strategy. It’s going to be a very important meeting, so I should finish work now and get some rest.
明天,我們的客戶應該會來到我們的辦公室討論他們的新商業策略,那會是一場非常重要的會議,所以我想我現在應該要停下工作並好好休息。
Thanks to the work style reformations that the government has been promoting, I have come to be able to spend more time with my family and get more rest.
感謝政府推動的工作方式改革,現在我能夠花更多時間和家人待在一起,並且得到更多的休息時間。
Working for long hours without taking breaks leads to stress. Stress is not necessarily negative, but if it’s chronic, it can affect your health.
長時間工作而不休息會導致壓力。壓力不一定是負面的,但如果是慢性而長期的壓力則可能影響到你的健康。
總結
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・「休息」的英文是「break」「rest」
・「休息」的英文動詞說法是「take a break」「get some rest」
・ 相較於「break」是「小憩」,「rest」更接近「休息」的意義。