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（外出度過的）假期
A holiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as their holidays.
例句
I've just come back from a holiday in the United States...
我剛從美國度假回來。
We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday...
我們打電話給鄧肯，問他要去哪里度假。
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公眾假日;節日
A holiday is a day when people do not go to work or school because of a religious or national festival.
例句
New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain...
元旦是全英國的公眾假日。
He invited her to spend the Fourth of July holiday at his summer home on Fire Island...
他邀請她去自己在法爾島上的消夏寓所過美國獨立紀念日。
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（學校的）假期
The holidays are the time when children do not have to go to school.
例句
...the first day of the school holidays.
學校放假的第一天
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（不上班的）休假期
If you have a particular number of days' or weeks' holiday, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks.
例句
Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid holiday a year.
每位工人每年都能享受4周的帶薪休假。
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（外出）度假
If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there.
例句
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad...
品嘗當地菜肴是海外度假的樂趣之一。
Vacant rooms on the campus were being used by holidaying families.
校園里的閑置宿舍住著一些度假的家庭。