生活英语词汇：Paid Leave带薪假

对职场人士来说，带薪假是不容错过的放松机会，应该好好珍惜才是。但如此悠长假期，也有不少人放弃“消受”。

【相关英文报道】

Feeling stressed and in need of a vacation? But more than half of white-collar workers do not take all their vacation days, even though they think they need a paid leave more this year than last.
感到压力大、需要休假吗？可是，有超过半数的职场白领们没有用掉他们的全部假期，尽管他们认为自己今年比去年更需要带薪假。

And nearly a third of workers who do take a break check in with work every other day and some keep in touch hourly, according to a new survey.
根据一项新调查，近三分之一的上班族即使休假也会隔天关心一下工作进度，还有些人每小时都要了解工作进展。

Even some of them admit they have canceled or postponed a vacation this year because of work-related reasons.
甚至一些人坦言，出于工作方面的原因，他们已经取消或推迟了今年的假期。

【单词讲解】

文中的“paid leave”是带薪假的意思，leave在此处是名词，译为“假期，假日”，相关的短语有paid holiday（年假）；sick leave（病假）；unpaid leave（无薪假）等。

现在，越来越多的公司也在利用paid leave（带薪假），stock options（股票期权），telecommuting（远程工作）等有弹性的福利方案（cafeteria plan）来吸引人才。