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holiday

英 ['hɒlɪdeɪ; -dɪ] 美['hɑləde]

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n. 假日；节日；休息日
vi. 外出度假
n. (Holiday)人名；(英)霍利迪

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What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.

They get less sleep on public holidays.

Russia's other late nights and early mornings generally correspond to public holidays.

From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep, on average, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays.

Although many other big firms resisted the temptation to over-borrow, developers borrowed heavily and built bigger and fancier hotels as if the whole world were planning a holiday in Las Vegas.

Do we or do we not go on holiday

I say you only live once and we work hard and what's the point if you can't go on holiday

For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday A You Gov poll of 2, 000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money.

Actually, I'm on holiday with my family in Thailand at the moment, although I wish it were with my friends instead.

But with that policy now being abolished, this holiday incentive is no longer necessary, the government says.

In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne- Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities — from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga — by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under "clock time" vs "task time"

In Shanghai, a young couple at a marriage registration office told the paper that they decided to register their marriage as soon as possible to take advantage of the existing policy because an extra holiday was a big deal for them.

My husband is planning a surprise holiday for the two of us next week.

The holiday bonus was designed to encourage young people to delay getting married in line with China's one-child policy.

While Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday all saw record spending online, in-store sales plunged over the holiday weekend.

That relative strength would be consistent with what was seen in the wider retail industry during the early part of the holiday season.

One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up double-digit increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.

2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wideranging challenges.

Good morning! America’s holiday shopping season starts on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.

About 136 million people will shop during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

The large base he leads resembles a snowed-in college campus on holiday break, with the capacity to sleep more than 10 times the 13 people who were staying on through the Antarctic winter.

Just half a dozen holiday-makers have reached orbit since then, for similarly astronomical price tags.

For that, we have a robust informal learning system that gives no grades, takes all comers, and is available even on holidays and weekends.

The plane, a Boeing 737, taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land.

After conducting extensive research in which he studied the festivals of many African groups of people, he decided that the new holiday should be a harvest or "first fruits" celebration, incorporating ideas from many different harvest traditions.

and some parents say they can manage the cost of a school trip abroad more easily than a family holiday.

I just got the idea a few months ago after posting some holiday photos on my social media accounts.

I mean, I've seen the famous films, Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's and a few others, but I still don't fully get it.

Macy's reported its sales plunged 5.2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wide—ranging challenges.

One principle is highlighted each day of the holiday.

One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up" double-digit" increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled.

President Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War, issued a proclamation setting aside the last Thursday in November for the holiday.

She began a nationwide campaign to have a national holiday declared that would bring families together while celebrating the traditional festivals.

Authentic fire gear is provided for your warmth as you get into the holiday spirit.

Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness.

Good morning, everyone! And a very warm welcome back! I hope you've enjoyed your holidays! For those of you who I knew, my name is Mary Smith.

Hi Michael! I heard you just came back from a holiday.

I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less-used things, and it worked.

I have several guests coming to visit for the holidays, and I want to know how I can get them from the airport to my house.

I was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness.

If we had caught the flight yesterday, we would be enjoying our holiday on the beach now.

On the third Monday of April, the holiday sechselauten is kicked off when a cotton snowman called the boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded through town by bakers and other tradesmen who throw bread to the crowds.

So they've booked a holiday in Brazil.

The prize for the winner of the competition is a two-week holiday in Paris.

There's a new indoor play centre, plus the special events and workshops, and others during school holiday periods.

This tractive four takes you to some of San Francis's most cheerful holiday scenes.

Until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.

While these are small in significant amounts, at the end of the year, you will have enough for an emergency fund, family celebration or holiday.

You accidentally reveal to entire company what menu choices you would prefer at the staff christmas dinner, or what holiday you'd like to take.

Politicians have repeatedly “backloaded” public-sector pay deals, keeping the pay increases modest but adding to holidays and especially pensions that are already generous.

Not everyone will agree with the authors'policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American home buyers.