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（委员会、法庭或政府等的）休会期间，休息期间
A recess is a break between the periods of work of an official body such as a committee, a court of law, or a government.
例句
The conference broke for a recess...
会议暂时休会。
Some in Congress are concerned the war option could be adopted in November when Congress is in recess...
一些议员担心战争决议会在11月议会休会期间被通过。
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休会;休庭
When formal meetings or court cases recess, they stop temporarily.
例句
The hearings have now recessed for dinner...
听证会现已休会就餐。
Before the trial recessed today, the lawyer read her opening statement.
今天庭审休庭之前，律师宣读了她的开庭陈述。
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（墙上的）凹处;壁龛
In a room, a recess is part of a wall which is built further back than the rest of the wall. Recesses are often used as a place to put furniture such as shelves.
例句
...a discreet recess next to a fireplace.
壁炉边上一个不起眼的壁龛
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暗处；隐蔽处
The recesses of something or somewhere are the parts of it which are hard to see because light does not reach them or they are hidden from view.
例句
He emerged from the dark recesses of the garage...
他从车库的暗处走出来。
From the recesses of his coat Richard produced a bottle of champagne.
理查德从大衣里面掏出了一瓶香槟。
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（思想或心灵的）深处
If you refer to the recesses of someone's mind or soul, you are referring to thoughts or feelings they have which are hidden or difficult to describe.
例句
...the inner recesses of the soul...
心灵最深处
There was something in the darker recesses of his unconscious that was troubling him.
在他更为隐秘的潜意识深处，有什么事情困扰着他。