reprieve

英 [rɪˈpriːv]

美 [rɪˈpriːv]

v. 撤销…的死刑; 缓期执行…的死刑; 取消关闭; 暂缓终止
n. 刑罚终止令; (尤指)死刑缓刑令; 延缓; 缓解

过去分词：reprieved　过去式：reprieved　现在分词：reprieving　复数：reprieves　第三人称单数：reprieves　

Collins.1 / BNC.15169 / COCA.16877

牛津词典

verb

撤销…的死刑；缓期执行…的死刑
to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is condemned to death
1. a reprieved murderer
  被判死刑而暂缓执行的杀人犯
取消关闭；暂缓终止
to officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth
1. 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
  有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。

noun

刑罚终止令；（尤指）死刑缓刑令
an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is condemned to death
延缓；缓解
a delay before sth bad happens
1. 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。

VERB 对…缓期执行，撤销…的刑罚
If someone who has been sentenced in a courtis reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
1. 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。
2. Reprieveis also a noun.
3. 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。
N-COUNT (不好或艰难情况的)暂缓，延缓
Areprieveis a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
1. 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。

noun

the act of reprieving
Synonym:respite
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Synonym:suspensionrespitehiatusabatement
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Synonym:respite

verb

relieve temporarily
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
Synonym:respite

Unless there is a reprieve the condemned man will hang on Friday.
除非缓刑，那个被宣判的人将于星期五被处绞刑。
But if more bad figures emerge a reprieve on new taxes may prove to be wise.
但是如果更失望的数据出现，则新税收的推迟无疑是明智的。
Then that summer ( otherwise known as the reprieve) ended.
然后，那个夏天（亦称苟安时期）结束了。
Iran has won a reprieve at the UN.
伊朗已经从联合国获得了喘息/暂缓制裁的机会。
To some we should similarly apply the policy of passing the death sentence with a reprieve.
其中有些人亦应采取判死缓刑的政策。
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。
One tender moment's reprieve from loneliness can illuminate a life.
刹时间从孤独中的解脱可以影响一生的生活。
Will time reward us some reprieve?
时间能给我们缓刑么？
Even this extra minute was a reprieve.
就这样多拖延一分钟也好象是一种缓刑。
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。