reprieves

英 [rɪˈpriːvz]

美 [rɪˈpriːvz]

v.  撤销…的死刑; 缓期执行…的死刑; 取消关闭; 暂缓终止
reprieve的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• The rain usually lasts for days on end, heavy and sometimes torrential, then reprieves for a couple of days, and then start all over again, makes you wonder where so much water comes from.
  通常大雨会持续好几天，随后停歇一阵，又重重落下，如此周而复始。这么多的雨。