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Suggested answer: “The campus was empty over the holiday, with faculty members closing their offices and the most resolute students temporarily shelving their quests for academic honors.”

Holidays alter routines. The sentence addresses the interruption of routine on a college campus, where a virtual exodus occurs over a national holiday. Professors close up shop. Campus stores hang “Closed” signs on doors. And students take a break from studies—they “shelve” their scholastic pursuit for the duration of the holiday. This is a good choice of verb for this sentence, because the reader can visualize students putting books on a shelf. Other word choices for the sentence include stopping, slowing, and staying, none of which specifically allude to students.
放假會改變日常工作，本句形容國定假日時，大學校園的例行工作中止，人人大撤退。教授打烊了，校園商店門口也掛上「休息中」的牌子，學生暫時放下學業，在放假期間 “shelve”（擱置）研究工作。這個動詞在這裡用的很好，讀者彷彿看到學生把書擱在書架上 (shelf)。其他動詞像是 stopping、slowing、staying 也可以，不過都不會特別讓人聯想到學生。