sabbatical

英 [səˈbætɪkl]

美 [səˈbætɪkl]

n.  (尤指供大学教师进行学术研究或旅行的)公休假，休假

复数：sabbaticals　

TEM8

BNC.19474 / COCA.15752

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指供大学教师进行学术研究或旅行的）公休假，休假
  a period of time when sb, especially a teacher at a university, is allowed to stop their normal work in order to study or travel
  1. to take a year's sabbatical
     享受一年的公休假
  2. a sabbatical term/year
     休假学期 / 学年
  3. He's on sabbatical .
     他正休假。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (大学教师等的)休假,公休假
  Asabbaticalis a period of time during which someone such as a university teacher can leave their ordinary work and travel or study.
  1. He took a year's sabbatical from the Foreign Office...
     他向外交部请了一年的假。
  2. He's been on sabbatical writing a novel.
     他一直在休假写一部小说。

英英释义

noun

• a leave usually taken every seventh year
  Synonym:sabbatical leave

adj

• of or relating to sabbatical leave
  1. sabbatical research project
• of or relating to the Sabbath
  1. Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims
  Synonym:sabbatic

双语例句

• During my sabbatical from the Financial Times, I have obsessively e-mailed strangers on an adultery website, thereby taking part in what I find is the hottest recessionary activity in town.
  我从英国《金融时报》休假期间，着了魔地给一家婚外情网站上的陌生人发电子邮件，也由此参与了堪称经济衰退时期伦敦城最红火的活动。
• Professor Robins is on sabbatical this year.
  罗宾士教授今年在享受他的休假。
• Of course, her sabbatical was over.
  当然，她的休假已经结束了。
• The latest reports suggest that World Cup winner Lippi will return to Turin next season after his one-year sabbatical.
  最新消息称，世界杯冠军教练银狐里皮将在下赛季重返都灵，此前，他赋闲了一年。
• To make the schedule work, he now has a second home in New York, where both his grown-up sons live and his wife has taken a sabbatical from her headhunting job to accompany him on his travels.
  为了让这种时间安排能够行得通，他现在在纽约有了第二个家，他两个成年的儿子都住在那里。为了陪伴贝纳杰出差，他的妻子向自己所在的猎头公司请了年假。
• And I said, you know, I have a sabbatical coming up.
  我说，你知道，我要有一个学术假。
• When we last heard from Russell T. Davies he was taking a sabbatical from the world of entertainment in order to be with his ailing partner Andrew.
  当我们上一次听到罗塞尔戴维斯（以下简称RTD）的消息，他正远离娱乐圈在和他生病的伙伴安德鲁在休假。
• Id love to learn to play an instrument, but I dont have a sabbatical like you did during which I could spend hours at it every day.
  我很想学习一个乐器，但我不像你一样有休假时间来每天练习。
• He'd taken a three-month sabbatical from Nissan, but by then it was clear he was never going back.
  他从日产公司请了三个月的假，但很明显，他已经不可能回去了。
• And he seems to be on sabbatical.
  但他好象今天休息了。