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　

GRE

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。

柯林斯词典

• 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。

英英释义

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

双语例句

• 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。
• A reduction in or reprieve from a tax, debt or any other payment obligation.
  对税、债务或任何其他理赔的减缓。
• They should be probated for first offences. The prisoner won a last-minute reprieve.
  他们是初犯，故应处缓刑。那囚犯在临刑前获得了缓刑。
• What price a reprieve for Scotland in tonight's final?
  在今晚的决赛中苏格兰队逃过一劫可能吗？
• A last-minute reprieve is highly unlikely, and his execution next week seems inevitable.
  最后一刻的缓刑看来极不可能了，他下周的死刑在所难免。
• Then that summer ( otherwise known as the reprieve) ended.
  然后，那个夏天（亦称苟安时期）结束了。
• The case of Liu Yong has been judged for three times and the sentence has been changed from death penalty to death with reprieve and to death penalty again.
  刘涌案件经过三审，先后作出了由死刑到死缓又到死刑的三次判决。
• In order to reform those criminals who have committed crimes punishable by death but who may still be reformable, China has created a unique system of a death penalty with a two-year reprieve.
  再创造与二次创造将比初创更为强大、遍。为了改造那些犯有死罪但还有可能改造的罪犯，中国独创了判处死刑缓期二年执行的制度。
• But this year, some form of reprieve got underway, marking a seeming turning point.
  但今年呈现了某种形式的缓解，形成一个貌似的转折点。
• 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。