reprieving的中文翻译是什么意思

reprieving

/rɪˈpri:vɪŋ/

v. 缓期执行(死刑)( reprieve的现在分词 )

reprieving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。