reprieve

英 [rɪˈpriːv] 美 [rɪˈpriv]

n. 暂缓；缓期执行

v. 缓刑；暂缓

详细释义

v.

暂缓 [T]

  • 30 jobs have been reprieved until next April.

    有30个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。

  • The tree that is due to be cut down has been reprieved for six months.

    原定砍伐的那棵树已经推迟六个月再砍。

缓期执行，撤销…的刑罚 [T]

  • The judge pronounced to reprieve a condemned prisoner.

    法官宣布缓期执行被判罪囚犯的刑罚。

  • Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.

    因谋杀前首相而即将处以绞刑的14个人已获缓刑。

n.

死缓，缓刑

  • He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.

    最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。

  • A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve.

    一个即将被执行注射死刑的男子在最后一分钟获得缓刑。

暂缓，延缓

  • It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.

    这所大学看起来要关闭了，但这周情况暂时有所缓解。

  • The film is a God-given reprieve.

    这部影片是天赐的一个苟安时期。

英英释义

n.
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
v.
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
relieve temporarily
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