英 [rɪˈpriːv] 美 [rɪˈpriːv]
v. 取消（或缓期）执行……的死刑；取消关闭，暂缓终止
n. 缓刑，赦免；暂缓，暂时解救
复数reprieves
第三人称单数reprieves
现在分词reprieving
过去式reprieved
过去分词reprieved
reprieve /rɪˈpriːv/ [ reprieving reprieved reprieves ]
及物动词 If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. (被判) 缓刑; 撤销 (刑罚)
Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.
因谋杀前总理而等受绞刑的十四个人获得缓刑。
有变体名词 Reprieve is also a noun 缓刑; (刑罚) 撤销
A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last-minute reprieve.
一名等待被注射处死的男子因为最后一刻的缓刑而获救。
可数名词 A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place. 暂缓; 暂缓令
It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
看上去这所学院将不得不关闭，但本周却收到了暂缓令。
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
同义词： respite
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
同义词： suspension / respite / hiatus / abatement
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
同义词： respite
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
同义词： respite
relieve temporarily
缓刑
... breather 呼吸者 reprieve 暂缓处刑 lull 使安静 ...
... repressor 抑压者 reprieve 缓刑 reprimand 谴责 ...
缓期执行；暂时解救
暂缓；缓刑
It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
看上去这所学院将不得不关闭，但本周却收到了暂缓令。
Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.
活动家们为这家受关闭威胁的医院赢得了喘息的机会。
A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last-minute reprieve.
一名等待被注射处死的男子因为最后一刻的缓刑而获救。
Clare Algar from Reprieve says British Foreign Secretary David Miliband now admits at least two individuals were moved through the British island.
VOA : standard.2009.07.28
(Speaking) Britons shivering through one of the coldest winters to hit the United Kingdom in decades got no reprieve from Mother Nature on Sunday.
VOA : standard.2010.01.10
The human rights group Reprieve is submitting a lawsuit that will demand a judicial review of the government decision not to examine Madni's claim that he was one of at least two known suspects that were moved through Diego Garcia.
VOA : standard.2009.07.28
The icy water is refreshing in the heat, and provides a reprieve from mosquitoes.
Because Greece was small enough to bail out, they have bought a temporary reprieve.
However, Pompey were handed a reprieve as Fajardo's effort clipped the bar on its way over.