reprieving的中文翻譯是什麼意思

reprieving

/rɪˈpri:vɪŋ/

v. 緩期執行(死刑)( reprieve的現在分詞 )

reprieving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。