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reprieve

英[rɪˈpri:v] 美[rɪˈpriv]
  • 第三人称单数：reprieves;
  • 过去式：reprieved;
  • 过去分词：reprieved;
  • 现在分词：reprieving;
    • 相关单词 reprievedreprieves
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    • VERB
      对…缓期执行，撤销…的刑罚
      If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
      例句
      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-COUNT
      (不好或艰难情况的)暂缓，延缓
      A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
      例句
      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。
    英汉词典释义
    • n.
      (死刑)缓期执行令
      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。
      暂缓，暂止
      The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction. 这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。 The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve. 本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。
    • vt.
      缓期执行(死刑)
      reprieve a condemned prisoner 缓期执行被判罪囚犯的刑罚
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
      2. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
      3. a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
      4. the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
    • Verb
      1. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
      2. relieve temporarily