reprieving
v. 緩期執行(死刑)( reprieve的現在分詞 )
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。
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。