Respiting
v. 延期（respite的现在分词形式）
🗣️ 情景例句
We are prepared for the worst.
我们已有最坏的打算。
I must be off soon.
我很快就得走了。
If it is not a question of resting the body, then perhaps it is the brain that needs resting? This might be a plausible hypothesis were it not for two factors.
如果睡眠的功能不是在于使身体得到休息，那么也许是让大脑得以休息？若不是下面两点，这种假使似乎是有道理的。