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(大学教师等的)休假,公休假
A sabbatical is a period of time during which someone such as a university teacher can leave their ordinary work and travel or study.
例句
He took a year's sabbatical from the Foreign Office...
他向外交部请了一年的假。
He's been on sabbatical writing a novel.
他一直在休假写一部小说。