sabbatical
sabbatical [sə'bætɪkl]
adj. 安息日的 n. 休假(美国某些大学给大学教师每七年一次的)
名词复数:sabbaticals
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- adj. 安息日的
- n. 休假(美国某些大学给大学教师每七年一次的)
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1. He sent patients a letter saying he was on a "sabbatical," the "opportunity of a lifetime.
他给他的病人们写了封信,说他在“休假中,”是“人生中的一次享受。”
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2. During the sabbatical year, he closes his design company and doesn’t accept any design request.
在休假的一年内,他关闭自己的设计公司,不接受任何设计请求。
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3. Adjusting to a new routine can be difficult, so sabbatical-takers would do well spending their time in an area or country where it's easy for them to adjust and focus on learning and exploration.
要适应一种新的生活方式是很难的,因此休假者最好去一个自己相对容易适应的地方或国家度假,这样他们更容易专注于学习和探索。
- sabbatical (adj.) 1640s, "of or suitable for the Sabbath," from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos "of the Sabbath" (see Sabbath). Noun meaning "a year's absence granted to researchers" (originally one year in seven, to university professors) is from 1934, short for sabbatical year, etc., first recorded 1886 (the thing itself is attested from 1880, at Harvard), related to sabbatical year (1590s) in Mosaic law, the seventh year, in which land was to remain untilled and debtors and slaves released.
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