pause: stresses the fact of stopping and ordinarily implies an expectation of resumption, as of movement or activity: spoke during a ~ in the music.    resume继续恢复to begin again after a short time，和pause暂停是媒体播放器上的两个按键


recess: implies a temporary suspension of work or activity: children playing during the morning school ~.   常表示法庭委员会政府等休会休息，如the U.S. Congress has begun a five-week recess美国国会开始为期5周的休会，如the judge called a short recess法官宣布短暂休庭, 如本例孩子在早上课间休息时玩耍


respite: implies a period of relief, as from labor, suffering, or war, or of delay, as before being sentenced or before having to pay money due: enjoyed the brief ~ between attacks.      （如his creditors agreed to give him a temporary respite他的债权人同意给他一个喘息的机会，如respite from the pain/suffocating heat/continued work暂时缓解了疼痛/闷热天气/不停的工作，请注意这个词重音在第一个音节）


lull: implies a temporary cessation or, more often, marked decline, as in the violence of a storm or in business activity: the storm strengthened again after a ~.    lullaby摇篮曲催眠曲，来自lull+bye bye


intermission: implies a break in continuity and is especially applicable to an interval available for some new or special activity: no one should work day after day without ~.     （常表示幕间休息a short period of time between the parts of a play, film/movie, etc.，如coffee was served during the intermission幕间休息时有咖啡供应，如after intermission, the second band played幕间休息后第二支乐队开始演奏，本例: 没有人应该无休止地每天工作   without intermission是固定搭配，表示持续不断，如this state of affairs lasted without intermission for a hundred years这种局面一百年来持续从未间断）      形容词intermittent不表示停歇间歇，而是时断时续断断续续starting, stopping, and starting again, but not regularly，如intermittent showers/bursts of applause/protests时断时续(断断续续)的阵雨/阵阵掌声/抗议


pause暂停: 强调中途停止，通常还会继续，recess休息: 指暂停工作，respite暂缓: 指暂时解脱(如从辛劳苦难战争)或推迟（如判刑还债），lull平息: 指风暴或商业活动的暂时平息，intermission停歇间歇: 打断连续，为新的活动作准备


记忆方法: 1) 首字母PRRLI想成RR揉揉和LIP嘴唇<==暂停一下

         2) 暂停的意思是暂时停歇mean a temporary cessation.首字母PRRLI想成RR揉揉和LIP嘴唇<==暂停一下