reprieve的中文翻译是什么意思
reprieve
vt. [法]缓期执行; 给…带来缓解
n. [法]死缓，缓刑; 暂缓
reprieve的柯林斯释义
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.
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.
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。
reprieve的英文释义
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
reprieve的场景例句
That past weeks had been an unexpected brief reprieve.
过去的几星期不过是出乎意外的苟延残喘.
These considerations , of themselves very powerful , induced the spectatorsapprehend the possibility of a reprieve to him.
这些猜测颇有分量, 使观众不由不预料到他有可能得到缓刑.
As for my unlikely allies, I think that I shall allow them a reprieve.
至于我的盟友们, 我想我应该给他们一个缓刑的机会.
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.
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.