Respite

respite







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[res-pit]

(死刑的)緩期執行;(義務的)暫緩履行

(痛苦的)緩解



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–noun 

1. a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: 



to [toil] without respite.  



2. temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve. (緩刑)



–verb (used with object) 

3. to relieve temporarily, esp. from anything distressing or trying; give an interval of relief from. 

4. to grant delay in the carrying out of (a punishment, obligation, etc.).  



—Synonyms 

1. hiatus, rest, recess. 

2. postponement, stay. 

3. alleviate. 

4. postpone, suspend.





　   

Pic reps a flawed and somewhat sterile discourse on the dangers of unlimited power, hypocrisy and mistaken identity, in which the characters are at the service of the ideas. The fact the film has no love relationship may be because the social climate as shown doesn't permit it, but it might have provided some emotional warmth, and a respite [from] all the Machiavellianism. [mak-ee-uh-vel-ee-uhn]





see

1. hiatus sabbatical 

2. procrastination sojourn

3. assuage edification catharsis









　

The movie is a celebration of reading, and oddly enough that works, even though there is nothing cinematic about a shot of a woman (or the club's one male member) reading a book. Such shots are used as punctuation in the film, where they work like Ozu's "pillow shots," quiet respites [from] the action. The only drawback to them from my point of view was that all the characters seem to be reading standard editions -- not a Folio Society subscriber among them.