reprieved
v. 缓期执行(死刑)( reprieve的过去式和过去分词 )
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。
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。
70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。
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。
We were reprieved from the danger for a time.
我们暂免危险.
He was sentenced to death but was reprieved by the president.
他被判处死刑但被总统下令缓期执行.
He is sentenced to death but being reprieved by the president.
他被判处死刑但被总统缓期执行.