1. at rest : 安眠, 长眠, 静止;
2. rest assured : 放心;
3. among the rest : 在其中;
4. come to rest : 停止移动;
5. for the rest : 至于其他;
及物动词
不及物动词
名词
道歉
在银行
接机
数量词用法(QUANTIFIER USES)
1. 剩余部分
The rest is used to refer to all the parts of something or all the things in a group that remain or that you have not already mentioned.
2. 诸如此类;如此等等;不一而足
You can add and the rest or all the rest of it to the end of a statement or list when you want to refer in a vague way to other things that are associated with the ones you have already mentioned.
1. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
e.g. took his repose by the swimming pool
Synonym: easereposerelaxation
2. a support on which things can be put
e.g. the gun was steadied on a special rest
3. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
4. something left after other parts have been taken away
e.g. there was no remainder
he threw away the rest
he took what he wanted and I got the balance
Synonym: remainderbalanceresidualresidueresiduum
5. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
e.g. she was laid to rest beside her husband
they had to put their family pet to sleep
Synonym: eternal restsleepeternal sleepquietus
6. a state of inaction
e.g. a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon
7. a pause for relaxation
e.g. people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests
Synonym: respitereliefrest period