reprieving
v. 缓期执行(死刑)( reprieve的现在分词 )
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。