1Cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength.

紧张忙乱之后他需要休息一下。

去英格兰旅行之前我要充分休息。

1. 1.1with object Allow to be inactive in order to regain strength or health.
   使休息，使安歇，使恢复体力
   her friend read to her while she rested her eyes

   在她闭目养神时，朋友给她读书报。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The 62-year-old actress is resting her vocal chords after a virus and was unable to comment.
   • Pale settles down in the covers, yawning slightly as she curls up in a fetal position, resting her eyes.
   • She claimed to be resting her mind and collecting material firsthand for a piece she intended to write about domestics.
   • He rested his eyes then, thinking about everything he had just found out and how it would affect his future.
   • He then went home, had dinner and rested his legs after an exhausting walk to church.
   • We walked for a few minutes while he rested his legs and gave his arches a little break.
   • We are best advised at the end of the day to make amends for it, to settle our hearts and rest our limbs ready for a new dawn.
   • Treatments commonly involve changing footwear, resting your feet, and using arch supports or pads to help take pressure off the area.
2. 1.2 (of a body) lie buried.
   （遗体或尸体）安葬（于）
   the king's body rested in his tomb

   国王的遗体安葬在他的坟墓中。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The saint rests in his tomb and also in immediately accessible reliquaries to the left of the royal doors of the icon screen.
   • Tutankhamun's mummy rested in his tomb for more than 3,000 years until, early in November 1922, its peace was shattered when the tomb was opened by the British archaeologist Howard Carter.
   • Following Mass on Thursday, Helen was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery.
   • The film ends with the body of Christ laid to rest in the burial cave.
   • Her execution was swift and her body was laid to rest in the Chapel of St Vincula at the Tower of London.
   • The Queen's Chapel is a grand and fitting place for the Queen Mother's body to rest in tranquil surroundings.
   • After Requiem Mass on Monday, Tom was laid to rest in the nearby cemetery.
   • His body rests in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, a small chantry chapel adjoining the north choir aisle and only completed in 1969.
   • Following Mass, Mary was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery beside her husband.
   • The body rests among greenery, a symbol of life and rejuvenation.
   • He rests in the graveyard of Wesley’s Chapel on City Road in London, which he had formally opened in 1778.
   • Isis looked long at the sarcophagus, if the legends were true the body of Osiris rested in the stone structure in front of her.
   • As his body was laid to rest, six Royal Marines fired a volley of three shots followed by a rendering of the Last Post by a bugler.
   • His body was conveyed to Paris, and now rests in the cemetery of Père la Chaise.
   • Her body now rests in the graveyard.
3. 1.3be restingBritish Used euphemistically by actors to indicate that they are out of work.
   〈英〉〈婉〉（演员）无戏可演
   she was an actress but doing domestic work while she was resting

   Example sentencesExamples

   • IT'S a disheartening statistic for any aspiring actor: most will spend about 80 per cent of their working life "resting".
   • His novel features a day in the life of a ‘resting’ actor.
   • Coincidentally, I'm also an actor, resting between jobs.
   • The idea of the 'resting' actor does not seem to apply to Juliet, who even managed to fit in some part-time study a couple of years back, gaining a B.A. degree.
   • It is essential to realise that, on average, actors spend about 80% of their working life 'resting'.
4. 1.4with object Leave (a player) out of a team temporarily.
   使（运动员）暂时离队
   both men were rested for the cup final

   两人都缺席了这次（足球）杯决赛。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Having a good range of substitutions enables the manager to rest needed players for big occasions.
   • However, Australia had qualified for the finals, and so a couple of players were rested for this game.
   • The club and country debate is at its most critical now as Liverpool are still in four cups and want to rest players when there is a chance to do so.
   • If a player is to be rested it must be for the good of the team not on the say-so of the national coach.
   • Those same players will be rested and more experienced next year, which should make the Browns a much better team in the second half of next season.
   • Such a lopsided assertion that you shouldn't rest players can be contradicted by considering any of the many times United rested players and still won.
   • Their only series against a contender will be the Cardinals, who are routinely resting some of their starters in these final games.
   • At half time Army made five substitutions to rest some key player and give some experience to some new players.
   • I understand the temptation to protect players but, given that we can play a maximum of only six games during the tournament, do we really need to worry about resting players?
   • A number of their players involved in that encounter may be rested for the first Test against South Africa.
   • The underlying idea is that Test players should be rested.
   • We rested some key players and we're the one team that can afford to do that, but I don't like the system.
   • They lost their last game but they may have been resting a few players, knowing a Cup match with Salford was coming up.
   • He has been playing through pain, but resting him for a while might be in his and the team's best interests.
   • I'm not sure if they will put out their strongest team or rest a couple with a view to the play-offs.
   • The rules are so relaxed now that you can rest a player who is off-colour.
   • He took the decision to rest players that he felt needed resting.
   • It makes good sense to rest key players for the two tough games ahead - the semis and the finals.
   • I suggested that resting him would benefit the team.
   • And he was the first coach to make sure his best players were rested for the final minutes of a game.
5. 1.5 (of a problem or subject) be left without further investigation or discussion.
   （问题，事情）被搁置
   the council has urged the planning committee not to allow the matter to rest

   市政会已敦促计划委员会不要把这件事搁置起来。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He said the article was in ‘poor taste,’ and that it was time to let the matter rest.
   • The complainant let the matter rest at that point, happy with publication of the letter.
   • Because the vote has been taken, and the Speaker has agreed to it, the matter rests there.
   • There the matter might have rested, but for the significance that has recently been attached to the assault.
   • After all, surely this organisation could put the matter to rest once and for all.
   • She promised to ring back, I left my number once more, and there the matter rested.
   • If the matter rested there, I would have no difficulty in accepting this.
   • I do not believe that the matter should rest there, because there is an honourable course of action.
   • I think that the matter might have rested there if it were not for the fact that many schools, and their teachers and students, felt cheated.
   • The developers lodged an appeal but later withdrew it, and there matters appeared to rest.
   • So far as the Newsletter is concerned, I think it is probably best to let the matter rest for the time being.
   • The Minister has undertaken to look into the matter; I think the matter must rest there.
   • If any one out there can lay this matter to rest we would ask them to please do so.
   • There this matter might have rested if it were not for a potential medical crisis that is feared by some doctors.
   • It immediately dissolved itself and it was expected that the matter would rest there.
6. 1.6with object Allow (land) to lie fallow.
   让（土地）休耕
   the field should be grazed or rested

   那地应该让牛羊放牧或休耕。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In the Jubilee Year, too, the land was rested and no work done on it.
   • The land was rested, abundant, and fertile; occupied by a people of calm dignity.
   • There were three solutions to this problem: fertilizing, rotating crops, and resting the land.
   • Resting land promotes a healthy ecosystem by allowing the flora and fauna to complete an entire annual cycle without any major disturbance.
   • The land was rested for 1-3 years which was not enough if compared to the 19 years fallow period which their ancestors practiced.

2 Be placed or supported so as to stay in a specified position.

她的肘倚在沙发扶手上。

1. 2.1with object and adverbial of place Place (something) so that it is supported in a specified position.
   倚，靠，被支撑
   he rested a hand on her shoulder

   他把手搭在她肩膀上。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Wendy huffed a couple of times, and then turned around and put one elbow on the table, resting the side of her head on that fist.
   • He gently rested his forehead against the cool panes, savoring the feeling.
   • He sits back, resting his head against the leather support.
   • This seemed to satisfy them and they sipped, lowering their cups only slightly and resting their arms casually on the low table.
   • I then lay my arms out on the table, next to her elbows and rested my cheek against hers.
   • She leaned on the table with her elbows on either side of the book, resting her head against her hands.
   • I sighed, resting my arms onto the table and leaning against the back.
   • Isabelle could feel herself physically weakening and she rested her hand against the wall for support.
   • I swayed a little before resting my hand against the hall wall to help support me.
   • She laid her body down, turning her back to Senta, and rested her arm under her head for support.
   • After the silence continues, the golden-haired woman set down her coffee and stepped behind her husband, resting her arms around him.
   • Danielle sits on the buttercream-soft leather sofa, resting her arms casually atop the cushions on either side of her and crossing her legs.
   • He adjusted his position to rest his arm against the chair beside him and motioned toward her.
   • Hanna let out a soft sigh and perched an elbow on her desk, resting her head against her hand.
   • He turned slightly to face her, resting his arm and elbow upon the back of the bench.
   • As Nora listened to him laugh and shout with the others, she set her elbow on the table, resting her head upon it, and sighed wistfully.
   • He sat down at the table, resting his arms upon it.
   • Gabriel sighed heavily, resting both his elbows on the table and linking his fingers at the back of his neck.
   • He moved into my embrace then, seeming to be still mostly asleep, and then settled himself, resting his back against me.
   • He kissed her on top of her head then rested his chin on her head.

   Synonyms

   support, prop (up), steady, balance, lean, lay, set, sit, stand, position, place, put
2. 2.2rest on/upon (of a look) alight or be steadily directed on.
   （目光）注视，凝视
   his eyes rested briefly on the boy

   他的目光在那男孩身上停留了片刻。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • His eyes rested on the wall next to their bed that grew a brighter shade of white with the increasing morning sunlight.
   • He scanned the bushes and his eyes rested upon a wisp of red at the base of a bush.
   • Emmanuel looked around the room and caught sight of the pistols; his eyes rested on the weapons, and he pointed to them.
   • Luke said with a frown, his blue eyes finally resting on the table in front of him.
   • My eyes came to rest upon a girl with short, strawberry blonde hair that hung just past her chin and was pulled back over her ear with a dragonfly clip.

3rest on/uponBe based on; depend on.

这个国家的安全依靠其盟友。

1. 3.1rest something in/onwith object Place hope, trust, or confidence on or in.
   寄（希望）于；相信
   she rested her hopes in her attorney

   她把希望寄托在她的律师身上。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • ‘He appears to rest his confidence in a few people whose judgment corresponds to his gut instincts’ he said.
   • Consider this pragmatically, too - if you were in a relationship with somebody of dubious fidelity would you want to rest things on the hope that other women would turn him down when he wanted them?
   • However, the company rests this view on the fact that so many more people get their news from the local newspaper, the local news show, and, to a lesser extent, other outlets.
   • But that which she had rested her hopes on was not enough.
   • Although he had little faith in the operation of politics, he rested his hopes for progress on education.
2. 3.2 Be the responsibility of or belong to a specified person.
   the final say rests with the regional assemblies

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Some of the responsibility rests with the players.
   • The ultimate responsibility rests with those who refuse to change racist structures and policies.
   • If there is a crime, the moral responsibility rests with the leadership, but a member of the leadership cannot be held personally responsible.
   • The Convention makes clear that the primary responsibility for implementation rests with the member states themselves.
   • Legally the responsibility for a gravestone rests with the family of the deceased but it would be an impossible task to trace relatives of people who died decades ago.
   • The responsibility for speeding traffic rests with the guards.
   • The ultimate responsibility for screening newborns rests with the attending physician.
   • We take the view that the responsibility rests with parents to make choices as to what their children learn and where they learn - at a pre-school, at a school, or at home.
   • Educational responsibility rests with parents and not with the state.
   • As I said in my recent letter to members, the responsibility for change rests with all of us.
   • The legal responsibility for the charges announced this week may stop with the commanding officer named in the indictment, but the moral responsibility rests with those who chose to go to war.
   • The responsibility for my own happiness rests with me alone.
   • Responsibility for enforcing the policies rests with the individual transport companies.
   • But primary responsibility rests with the leadership.
   • This will be discussed with the patient's family, but the ultimate decision rests with the consultant.
   • In keeping with the international approach, primary responsibility for operational security rests with the port facilities and ships themselves.
   • The responsibility to take immediate action to improve farm incomes rests with the incoming government.
   • Ultimate responsibility rests with the board, which was doubled from six members to 12.
   • Responsibility rests with us all to make the system work.
   • Of course, ultimate responsibility for the matter rests with the mayor, they said.

4North American Law
Conclude presentation of either party's case in a suit or prosecution.

原告方就案情所作陈述已结束。参见 rest one's case。

1An instance or period of resting.

你看上去似乎需要休息。

数天的静养。

1. 1.1mass noun A motionless state.
   静止，停止
   the car accelerates rapidly from rest

   这汽车能在静止时迅速加速。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Each atom has an unchanging shape and size and a changeable degree of motion or rest.
   • An arrow, starting from rest, leaves the bow with a speed of 29.0 m/s.
   • In the beginning in his omnipotence he created matter, along with its motion and rest.
   • The three other rooms in the exhibition are devoted to food and drink, sleep and wakefulness, and motion and rest.
   • The rate at which the motor can be started from rest without losing steps is known as the 'starting' or 'pull-in' rate.

   Synonyms

   a standstill, a halt, a stop

2Music
An interval of silence of a specified duration.

1. 2.1 The sign denoting a musical rest.
   〔乐〕休止符
   Example sentencesExamples

   • As he progresses, he will also learn to distinguish various musical expressions such as time signature, rests, and tempo.
   • The reader can learn a lot from discussion about phrase marks and rests as they were used around 1800, as well as about legato versus staccato.
   • The clefs, rests, and expression marks such as slurs and phrasing, even the thickness of the staves, make up a complex pictorial and typographical unity.
   • All notes, rests, accidentals, articulations, triplets and staves are provided for the user.
   • Long drawn lines interspersed amid the text act as scripted silences, musical rests.
2. 2.2 A pause in speech or verse.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The verse is clearly to be read aloud as three beats followed by a rest, followed by three more beats, followed by a rest — and therefore as two tetrameters in a row, each of which has its fourth beat silent.
   • The second striking point was the way the rests and pauses were manipulated and utilised to characterise the entire performance.
   • The measure of five syllables is almost always inconvenient in utterance and should be broken up, by a rest, into two portions.

3in combination An object that is used to support something.

肩膀托。

1. 3.1 A support or hook for a telephone receiver when not in use.
   电话托座
   carefully the receiver was replaced on the rest

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There is a small hanging device in the receiver rest to prevent the receiver from falling when it is placed on the rest with the telephone mounted on the wall.
   • This is a stylish and very practical telephone rest, which comes with a handy desk pen.
2. 3.2 A support for a cue in billiards or snooker.
   （台球或斯努克的）球杆架
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Protect your furniture and your cues with this beautiful Luxury Leather Cue Rest with moveable arms and protective feet.
   • Traditionally when a player uses the rest, the player's hands are quite close together.
   • I was busy laughing at him as he was having to use all the furniture (extended cue, extended rest etc).

1in singular The remaining part of something.

你打算做些什么来度过余生？

其余部分我明天晚上再告诉你。

1. 1.1treated as plural The remaining people or things; the others.
   其余的人（或物）
   the rest of us were experienced skiers

   我们其余的人滑雪经验都很丰富。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Add the rest of the ingredients, and toss just once or twice to distribute evenly.
   • No matter how it is worded we are saddled with a system YOU think is good enough for the rest of us, just not good enough for you.
   • The programmer bowed his head along with the rest of them but remained unmoved.
   • The rest of us remained silent, watching Devin and Jonas and waiting for their cues.
   • I'm pretty certain they're all having a good time of it though - they like a good night out like the rest of us.
   • Add the remaining pod with the rest of the ingredients and bring to the boil.
   • He is marginally less damaged than the rest of them, but he knows that and is trying to change things for himself.
   • I'll fill you in on the rest of the details tomorrow when I've got a bit more time.
   • His tan face flushed with embarrassment as the rest of the ten remaining guests egged him on.
   • It begins with an initial selection of events, while the rest of the events remain locked.
   • It was interesting to see the different ways in which my stories "talked" to each other according to the order in which I placed the rest of them.
   • This too is surely just ‘one incident’ and ‘still under investigation,’ just like the rest of them.
   • I've also bought some more tubs, so should finally be able to plant the rest of the onions tomorrow.
   • We did it the easy way - we had a fluent Italian speaker in our midst, allowing the rest of us to remain mute.
   • The rest of the rules remain the same so any posts you find must be recent etc.

   Synonyms

   remainder, residue, balance, remaining part/number/quantity, part/number/quantity (that is) left over, others, those left, remains, remnant, remnants, rump, surplus, difference, extra, excess, superfluity, overflow, overspill, additional people/material/things, extra people/material/things

   technical residuum

2Anatomy
A small, detached portion of an organ or tissue.

3A rally in real tennis.

no object, with complement Remain or be left in a specified condition.

你尽管放心，她会尽力帮助她的。