holiday、festival、vacation与leave这些名词均有“假日、节日”之意。
holiday : 指按规定不工作的各种假日，时间可长可短。在英国复数形式表示较长的假期。
- a camping/skiing holiday
野营／滑雪假期 - Have you decided where you're going for your holiday(s) this year?
你决定今年到哪里度假了吗？ - Patricia is on holiday next week.
帕特里夏下星期休假。 - How many days' holiday do you get with your new job?
你的新工作有多少天假期？ - We thought we'd go to France for our summer holiday.
我们想去法国过暑假。 - Surely the school holidays start soon.
想必学校马上就要放假了吧。
festival : 指公众庆祝、欢度的节日。
- a Jewish/Christian/Hindu festival
犹太教／基督教／印度教节日
vacation : 通常指时间较长的假期，如学校的寒暑假等。
- We're taking a vacation in June.
我们6月份要去度假。 - They went to Europe on vacation.
他们去欧洲度假了。 - I've still got some vacation time left before the end of the year.
我到年底之前还剩下一些假期。
leave : 主要指政府机关工作人员或军队人员获准的休假、假期。
- How much annual/paid leave do you get?
你有多少天年假／带薪假期？ - She's (gone) on leave (= holiday).
她去休假了。 - I've asked if I can take a week's unpaid leave.
我已经问过能不能请一周不带薪的假。
