vacation

• n. 假期；（房屋）搬出
• vi. 休假，度假

來自vacate，空出，引申詞義假期。

vacation (n.)

late 14c., "freedom from obligations, leisure, release" (from some activity or occupation), from Old French vacacion "vacancy, vacant position" (14c.) and directly from Latin vacationem (nominative vacatio) "leisure, freedom, exemption, a being free from duty, immunity earned by service," noun of state from past participle stem of vacare "be empty, free, or at leisure" (see vain).

Meanings "state of being unoccupied," "process of vacating" in English are early 15c. Meaning "formal suspension of activity, time in which there is an intermission of usual employment" (in reference to schools, courts, etc.) is recorded from mid-15c. As the U.S. equivalent of what in Britain is called a holiday, it is attested from 1878.

vacation (v.)

1866, from vacation (n.). Related: Vacationed; vacationing.

1. Neff hitchhiked to New York during his Christmas vacation.

內夫在聖誕節假期裏搭順風車去了紐約。

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2. Did you have a lot of reading during the vacation?

放假期間你讀了很多書嗎？

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3. The French get five to six weeks' vacation a year.

法國人每年有5到6周的假期。

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4. He looked tanned and well rested after his vacation.

度假之後，他皮膚曬得黝黑，精神煥發。

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5. Who cares about some stupid vacation?

誰在乎什麽愚蠢的度假？

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