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Then there's the issue of flexibility-the ability to take a few hours off for a parent-teacher conference or to work from home when your kid is sick.

那么，灵活解决问题的方式是，让父母有几个小时的时间去参加一次家长会或是当孩子生病的时候可以在家办公。

After being laid off from work, she became a full-time housekeeper, taking care of the whole family.

她下岗之后就做起了专职管家婆，照料一家老小的生活起居。

If you can, take a day off from work.

如果可能, 休息一天不要工作.

He decided to take a day off from work.

他决定休假一天.

My husband was enjoying the day off from work and watched me scurry about the house.

丈夫正在过休息日,他看着我在屋子里来回奔忙.

Leisure guilt is the guilt that comes with taking a vacation or a day off from work. You're so anxiety-ridden about the work you're leaving behind ( or will be returning to) that it's less painful not to take time off.

Leisure guilt指休假或请假期间伴有的一种愧疚心理，你对留在办公室的（或者休完假即将面对的）工作很担忧，以至于你认为不休假反而会轻松一些，我们称为“休假愧疚心理”。

You mean a day off from work?

你指的是一天不上班？

indeed, the next time you feel guilty about enjoying a lazy sunday, or taking a day off from work for the heck of it, think again.

的确，当你下次享受懒散的周日而有负罪感，或者丢开该死的工作请假一天时，再想一想。

You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?

你需要休息, 为什么不休假两周 呢 ?

what is memorial day? is it a day off from work or school?

什么是阵亡将士纪念日？

You need a rest. Why not take a fortnight off from work?

你需要休息, 何不停工两周?

finagle a day off from work.

骗得一天的休假。

yes, it's a holiday, with most americans enjoying a day off from work.

是的，这是一个假日，大多数美国人在这天享受休假。

Failing to switch off from work because of your electronic gadgets will only make you even more stressed.

因为你的各种电子产品而无法抽空休息一下，只会让你更有压力。

Preparation is especially hard-trying to arrange the transportation, accommodation, and time off from work.

准备工作尤其艰难,要安排交通 、 食宿, 还要告假.

A man had just been laid off from work.

有个男人刚刚丢了工作。

Too many workplace policies effectively prohibit employees from developing a healthy work-life balance by barring them from taking time off, even when they need it most.

太多的工作场所政策缺乏灵活性，甚至在员工最需要休息的时候，也不允许他们休息，这使得员工无法保持工作与生活健康的平衡关系。

They don't have a day off from work.

他们要上班，没有假放。

martin: i'm finally getting a day off from work next week.

马丁：我终于在下周得到一天休假。

new york man was forced to take a day off from work to appear for a minor traffic summons.

一个纽约人因为一场小的交通事故案，不得不请了一天假出庭。

indeed, the next time you feel guilty about enjoying a lazy sunday, or taking a day off from work for the heck of it, think again.

的确，当你下次享受懒散的周日而有负罪感，或者丢开该死的工作请假一天时，再想一想。

if you can, take a day off from work. do something you don't normally have time for or something you've never tried.

如果可以，从工作中抽出一天，做你平时没有时间做的事情，或者你从来没有尝试过的事情。

This brief visit with Mother Nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor's bill for my son's food poisoning ．

短暂访问大自然母亲让我休了两天假，从严重晒伤以及儿子食物中毒的医院账单里恢复了过来。

The pain was so bad that President Carter had to take a day off from work.

疼痛是如此之剧烈以致于卡特总统不得不休息一天.

Paul and Wanda relished the time they had off from work.

保罗和旺达喜欢休假不用上班的日子.

I was twice called off from my work today to answer the phone.

今天我两次丢下工作去接电话.

Workers who participated in the Shell Poll, a study conducted by Shell Oil Company in 2000, indicated that if given a choice between an extra day off from work or an extra day's wages every two weeks, they preferred more time off by a margin of 58% to 40%.

参加2000年壳牌石油公司组织的壳牌民意测验的工人，表示如果在每两周多一天休假的时间和每两周多一天的工资做出选择，他们中40%-58%的人希望多一天假期。

Not surprising is that Americans have less time off from work than other nationalities.

还有一点不足为奇的是，美国人的休假时间比其他国家的人要短。

you don't have to readjust your whole life, disrupt anyone else's routine or take a day off from work.

你不需要重新调整你的生活，扰乱其他人的日常生活，或者请假。

In 2005, researchers found that women who took at least two vacations a year were less likely to be depressed and reported higher marital satisfaction, compared with those who took time off from work less than every other year.

2005年，研究人员发现，相比两年多才休假一次的女性，每年至少休假两次的女性出现抑郁的概率较低，婚姻满意度更高。