reprieves的中文翻譯是什麼意思
reprieves
/rɪˈpri:vz/
n. （死刑）緩期執行令( reprieve的名詞複數 ); 暫緩，暫止
v. 緩期執行（死刑）( reprieve的第三人稱單數 )
reprieves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。
reprieves的場景例句
Death: You all say that. But I grant no reprieves.
死神: 你總是這樣說, 但是,我不再容許拖延.