"take a breath" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 深呼吸
• 吸口氣

Definition

吸入空氣，通常用來讓自己冷靜或準備做某事。可以是實際的呼吸，也可以表示放鬆一下的時刻。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

既是字面上的吸氣，也能比喻暫停或放鬆心情。常見於壓力大時，如：“Just take a breath.” 也常見於“take a deep breath”。口語常用。

Examples

Please take a breath before you answer.

回答前請先**深呼吸**一下。

I need to take a breath after running.

跑步後我需要**喘口氣**。

She told him to take a breath and calm down.

她叫他先**深呼吸**，冷靜下來。

Hang on, let me take a breath—that was a lot of stairs!

等一下，讓我**喘口氣**——樓梯太多了！

Before you get angry, just take a breath and listen.

生氣之前，先**深呼吸**，聽我說。

Sometimes you just need to take a breath and start over.

有時候你只需要**深呼吸**，然後重新開始。