reprieve的中文翻譯是什麼意思
reprieve
vt. [法]緩期執行; 給…帶來緩解
n. [法]死緩，緩刑; 暫緩
reprieve的柯林斯釋義
VERB對…緩期執行，撤銷…的刑罰
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.
因謀殺前首相而即將處以絞刑的14個人已獲緩刑。
N-COUNT(不好或艱難情況的)暫緩，延緩
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.
這所大學看起來要關閉了，但這周情況暫時有所緩解。
reprieve的英文釋義
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的場景例句
That past weeks had been an unexpected brief reprieve.
過去的幾星期不過是出乎意外的苟延殘喘.
These considerations , of themselves very powerful , induced the spectatorsapprehend the possibility of a reprieve to him.
這些猜測頗有分量, 使觀眾不由不預料到他有可能得到緩刑.
As for my unlikely allies, I think that I shall allow them a reprieve.
至於我的盟友們, 我想我應該給他們一個緩刑的機會.
Unless there is a reprieve the condemned man will hang on Friday.
除非緩刑,那個被宣判的人將於星期五被處絞刑.
Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.
活動家們為這家受關閉威脅的醫院贏得了喘息的機會.