- [countable, uncountable]
a period of time during the year when the members of a parliament, committee, etc. do not meet 休会期 Parliament went into its long summer recess. 议会进入漫长的夏季休会期。 - in recess
The court is in recess until October. 法庭休庭至10月。
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc2Congress returns from its August recess Tuesday. 8 月份休会后，国会于周二恢复工作。 Parliament is due to rise for the summer recess on July 20. 议会定于 7 月 20 日进入夏季休会期。 Parliament is taking the Christmas recess a little early this year. 今年议会的圣诞节休会期会稍稍提早一些。 The Senate will go into recess after Thanksgiving. 参议院将于感恩节之后开始休会。 The bill has to be passed before the holiday recess. 该法案必须在假日休会期前通过。 The decision cannot be made while the council is in recess. 委员会休会期间不可作出决定。 Congress has reconvened from its recess. 国会休会后再次召开会议。 It is expected to become law before the summer recess. 预计它将在夏季休会前成为法律。 The peace talks resumed after a month-long recess. 和平谈判在休会一个月后重新开始。 The report was published while Congress was in recess. 那份报告是在国会休会时公布的。 Tomorrow MPs break for the Christmas recess. 明天议员们休息，圣诞节休会期到了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- August
- Christmas
- Easter
- …
- go into
- rise for
- stand in
- …
- in recess
- [countable]
a short break in a trial in court 休庭 Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2The Florida court stands in recess. 佛罗里达州法院暂时休庭。 The court will take a brief recess while the witness composes herself. 法庭将短暂地休庭以使证人镇静下来。 One or two unofficial meetings were held during the recess. 休会期间举行了一两次非正式会议。
- (North American English) (British English break, break time)[uncountable]
a period of time between lessons at school 课间休息 He wouldn't play with me at recess. 他课间休息时不愿跟我玩耍。 I believe kids need more recess time. 我认为小孩需要更多的课间休息时间。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lunch
- spend
- have
- bell
- time
- at recess
- [countable]
a part of a wall that is set further back than the rest of the wall, forming a space 壁龛；壁橱；凹室 a recess for books 放书的壁橱
Extra ExamplesThere are small recesses in the wall beside the door. 门旁的墙上有些小小的壁凹。 blinds fitted inside a window recess 在窗帮凹槽安装的百叶窗
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- small
- …
- create
- in recess
- inside recess
- recess in
- …
- [countable, usually plural]
the part of a place that is furthest from the light and hard to see or get to 隐蔽处；幽深处 He stared into the dark recesses of the room. 他盯着房间里黑暗的角落。 - (figurative)
The doubt was still there, in the deep recesses of her mind. 在她的内心深处依然存有疑虑。
Extra ExamplesThe statue was in the inner recesses of the temple. 雕像在寺庙内的隐秘处。 fears lurking deep in the recesses of our minds 潜藏于我们内心深处的恐惧 I had continually pushed my doubts to the darker recesses of my mind. 我一直把怀疑深深地隐藏在心中。 He searched the innermost recesses of his soul. 他探索自己的内心深处。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- deep
- dim
- …
- hide in
- lurk in
- push something into
- …
- in the recess of
- within the recess of
- the recesses of your brain, heart, soul, etc.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘withdrawal, departure’): from Latin recessus, from recedere ‘go back’, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.