respites

respites

1. Throughout its lifetime, a tree respites, essentially as animals do, by slow controlled oxidation of organic substances in cells.

一棵树在它一生中都要呼吸，就像动物也要呼吸一样，这种呼吸是细胞中有机物质缓慢控制的氧化作用。

2. Given this fall's market gyrations, weekends have been among the few respites from the financial crisis, and even weekends are getting whittled away.

由于这个秋天市场波动剧烈，周末已成为屈指可数、能暂避金融危机压力的时光，而且就连周末也逐渐被压缩了。

3. Respites from this march of progress were rare.

这种发展的步伐很少停止过。

4. Anxiety about the vulnerability of oilfields sundered the region into American and Soviet camps, and the cold war’s end brought the briefest respites.

阿拉伯人担心油田易受攻击，纷纷加入美苏两大阵营，冷战结束后的缓解也转瞬即逝。（拆成短句稍好点，lz再斟酌。）