reprieves的中文翻译是什么意思
reprieves
/rɪˈpri:vz/
n. （死刑）缓期执行令( reprieve的名词复数 ); 暂缓，暂止
v. 缓期执行（死刑）( reprieve的第三人称单数 )
reprieves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。
reprieves的场景例句
Death: You all say that. But I grant no reprieves.
死神: 你总是这样说, 但是,我不再容许拖延.