Revenge is not good once you're done.It's better to forget.Nothing's the same after you've killed someone.Your life is changed forever.You have to sleep with one eye open for the rest of your life.

——Leon

復(fù)仇并不是好事，最好是忘記，你殺了人以后，一切都變了，你的生活就從此改變了，你的余生都要提心吊膽的過活。

——《這個殺手不太冷》

一、下面我們來看看rest有幾種含義

n.

1.休息；睡眠時間 [U,C]?a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity

Study should be sandwiched with periods of rest.

學習中間應(yīng)安插一些休息時間。

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2.休止；休止符 [U,C]?a period of silence between notes; a sign that shows a rest between notes

When the song came to a rest she paused for a while.

唱到了休止符的時候，她停頓了一下。

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3.剩余部分；殘留；其余?the remaining part of sth

If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.

如果一只羊跳過溝渠，其余所有的羊都會同樣做。

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4.其余的人；其他事物；其他?the remaining people or things; the others

All the rest of us were wrong and evil.

我們其余的人都錯了且心術(shù)不正。

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5.支撐物；支架；基座；托 [C]?an object that is used to support or hold sth

A rest shall be placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright.

一排書的末端應(yīng)放個支撐物以使書本保持直立。

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v.

1.休息；放松 [I,T]?to relax, sleep or do nothing after a period of activity or illness

It would be nice to sit down and rest for a while.

坐下來休息一會兒是很好的。

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2.（被）支撐；（使）倚靠；托 [I,T]?to support sth by putting it on or against sth; to be supported in this way

Rest the ladder against the wall.

把梯子靠在墻上吧。

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3.被擱置；中止 [I,T]?if you let a matter rest, you stop discussing it or dealing with it

We cannot let the matter rest there.

我們不能讓問題就此被擱置下來。

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4.（委婉說法）安息；長眠 [I]?to be buried. People say 'rest' to avoid saying 'be buried'.

She was laid to rest beside her late husband.

她安葬在亡夫的墓旁。

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二、詞義辨析：還有哪些詞匯含有“舒適，安逸，悠閑”的意思呢？

comfort, ease, leisure, relaxation, relief, rest

這些名詞均含“舒適、安逸、悠閑”之意。

comfort通常指在擺脫煩人、痛苦的事情，或在要求、愿望得到滿足后所感到的舒適。

ease指因沒有擔心和憂慮而輕松。

leisure專指閑暇時間或悠閑狀態(tài)。

relaxation強調(diào)消除肌肉疲勞或思想的緊張狀態(tài)，使身心松弛，得到休息。

relief側(cè)重有消除痛苦、不適或困難的負擔，常暗含不利因素已不存在的意味。

rest與work相對，強調(diào)水分除身心痛勞，不著重休息方式。

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三、下面我們來學習一下含有rest的常見短語

at rest

adv.安眠,長眠,靜止

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lay to rest

埋葬,了解,不再過問,擱置,淡忘

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rest home

n.養(yǎng)老院,療養(yǎng)院,休養(yǎng)所

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rest on

躺在……上；依靠；落在……上；建立在……之上；依賴于, 寄托于……上；以……為基礎(chǔ)

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bed rest

n.臥床休養(yǎng)期,床支架

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四、最后，來做個填詞游戲吧

What she most desired was a good ____.

她最希望的是好好休息一下。