letup

1. They pressed on without letup until they got to the top of the hill.
   他们一鼓作气爬上山顶。
2. Originally, the idiom means "The fighting strength in the first drums is the highest." Later, it has been used to say "to press on to the finish without letup".
   开始，人们用“一鼓作气”来比喻第一次鼓声促发的战斗力量是最强大的。后来，这句成语被用来比喻将一件事坚持做完，中间没有中断。
3. Despite the ceasefire agreement, there was no letup in the fighting.
   尽管有停火协议，战斗丝毫也没有减弱。
4. You have been working at a brutal pace since mid-October and there's been no letup.
   你自从十月中以后就一直在一个残忍的速度工作，而且已经没有停止。
5. As one of the cradles of human civilization, China has all along maintained its cultural tradition without letup in its history of several thousand years.
   中国作为人类文化发祥地之一，在几千年的历史进程中，文化传统始终没有中断。
6. We should always learn new words and new sentence patterns while keeping practicing without letup.
   要源源不断地补充新的词汇、新的句型，并且要坚持不懈地进行练习。
7. Even if it is a fantasy or an illusion, so long as it shows a ray of hope it still urges you on in pursuit of that little sparkle without letup.
   不管是望梅止渴，还是画饼充饥，他都会激励你不停手中的浆，去追逐哪怕一星微小的火光。
8. When will this rain letup?
   雨甚麽时候才会停呀？
9. This paper deals with the problem of how to set up Windows in a NetWare network. It discusses the basic installation conditions on NetWare and Windows, the letup procedures and the memory requirements.
   本文就Windows如何置于Netware网络系统的问题，讨论网络与Windows的基本安装要求及内存等方面设置的管理。

noun

1. a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
   1. there was never a letup in the noise

   Synonym:    lull