a holiday许多人想当然地以为是“一天的假日”，其实是不准确的；它既指：“一天的假日”；又指“一段时间的假期”，表示此种含义时，往往可以采取复数形式；请看：
Sunday is a holiday.
星期休息。
New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.
元旦是全英国的公众假日。
we have a holiday every Sunday.我们每星期日休息一天。
Did she have a holiday on Saturday afternoons?
她星期六下午休息了吗？
The school will be closed Monday because it's a holiday.
星期一是公共假日，所以学校不上课。
It was decreed that the following day would be a holiday.
法令宣布第二天为休假日。
Today is a holiday in Wales.
在威尔士今天是假日。
They are bound to take time to readjust after a holiday.
他们肯定需要时间重新适应假期结束后的生活。
We won't get another chance of a holiday this year.
我们今年不会再有机会度假了。
I'm feeling burnt-out at work ─ I need a holiday.
我觉得工作得太累了——我需要休假。
They've booked a holiday in the sun.
他们已经预订好了去阳光充足的地方度假。
We rented a holiday villa in Spain.
我们在西班牙租了一座假日别墅。
I've just come back from a holiday in the United States
我刚从美国度假回来。
I've never taken a holiday since starting this job
自从做这份工作起，我就没有休过假。
It hasn't been much of a holiday
这简直不像是假日。
She had intended to take a holiday in America.
她本打算去美国度假。
I have just spent a holiday there and would recommend it to anyone.
我刚刚在那里度过假，很想把它推荐给每一个人。
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of a holiday abroad.
品尝当地菜肴是去国外度假的一大享受。
He works all the year round without a holiday.
他一年到头工作。没有假日。
It happened to be a holiday.
适逢休假。
I've got three days' holiday including New Year's Day.
包括元旦在内我有三天假。
I shall be getting a whole month’s holidays.
我将有整整一个月的假期。
The kids were excited about the holiday.
孩子们对假期兴奋不已。
I'm feeling burnt-out at work ─ I need a holiday.
我觉得工作得太累了——我需要休假。
We recommend that you take out travel insurance on all holidays.
我们建议您为所有假期都购买旅行保险。
He had suffered a serious case of food poisoning over the Christmas holidays.
在圣诞假期里，他经历了一次严重的食物中毒。
We have holidays to suit every pocket.
我们有适合各种程度消费的度假方式。
Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing.
在英国度假对我并不特别有吸引力。
All the holidays on offer are subject to availability.
现行所有的节假日只有在情况允许时才可放假。
The school holidays start next week.
下学期学校开始放假了。
We’re going to France for our summer holiday.
我们打算到法国去度假。
