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remission

noun
🔊/rɪˈmɪʃn/
🔊/rɪˈmɪʃn/
 [uncountable, countable]
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  1. a period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patient seems to get better（重病的）缓解期，减轻期
    • in remission The patient has been in remission for the past six months.在过去的六个月中，病人的病情已经有所缓解。🔊🔊
    • The symptoms reappeared after only a short remission.短暂的康复之后，症状再次出现。🔊🔊
    • a period of remission缓解期
    Topics Illnessc2
  2. (British English) a reduction in the amount of time somebody spends in prison, especially because they have behaved well减刑；减少服刑时间
    • With remission for good behaviour, he could be out by the end of the year.由于行为良好而有所缓解，他可能会在今年年底退出公司。
    • She has been granted a remission of sentence.她已获得减刑。
    • He lost two months’ remission after he attacked another prisoner.在袭击另一名囚犯后，他失去了两个月的缓解。
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    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  3. (formal) an act of reducing or cancelling the amount of money that somebody has to pay（应付费用的）减少，免除
    • New businesses may qualify for tax remission.新的企业有资格享受税收减免。🔊🔊
    • There is a partial remission of fees for overseas students.对留学生可以减免部分费用。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin remissio(n-), from remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’.