vacation

相關句子：

1. You need a vacation.
   你需要休假。
2. I was on vacation last week and didn't receive your fax.
   上星期我正在度假，沒收到你們的傳真。
3. The travel brochure lured me into taking a Caribbean vacation.
   這本旅遊小冊子誘使我去加勒比地區度假。
4. He never goes on a vacation but he takes his pet dog.
   他每次度假都會帶他的狗去。
5. Where did you pass the vacation?
   你在什麼地方度過假期的？
6. School children are on vacation.
   小學生們正在放假。
7. Where did you go for your vacation?
   你去哪裡度假了？

 

英文解釋：

名詞 vacation:

1. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
   同義詞：holiday
2. the act of making something legally void

動詞 vacation:

1. spend or take a vacation
   同義詞：holiday

vacation

詞型變化：

形容詞:vacationless 名詞:vacationer 動詞過去式:vacationed 過去分詞:vacationed 現在分詞:vacationing 第三人稱單數:vacations 　

詞意辨析：

holiday, leave, vacation

這三個詞都有“假日(期)”的意思，但含義用法並不相同。
holiday: 一般指“休假”。

• Tom and I are going to have a holiday.
  我和湯姆準備去度假。
• I've already had my holidays this year.
  我今年已經度過假了。
• During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car.
  在瑞典度假期間，我在我的車子上發現了這張字條。
• Postcards always spoil my holidays.
  明信片總是弄得我過不好假日。
• My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send any cards to my friends.
  我的假日過的很快，但是我一張明信片也沒有寄給朋友。

leave: 指“請假”，被批准後離開自己的工作的一段時間。

• He stays at home on sick leave.
  他請了病假呆在家裡。
• He asked for a six months' leave.
  他請了6個月的假。

vacation: 在英國指大學的寒暑假或法定不工作的日子，美國可指任何假日（期）。

• The students are planning how to spend their summer vacation.
  這些大學生在計畫著怎樣過暑假。
• Mr. Fuller is on vacation now.
  費勒先生在度假。