reprieve

释义

vt.[法]缓期执行; 给…带来缓解n.[法]死缓，缓刑; 暂缓

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   reprieves ; 过去式 :   reprieved ; 过去分词 :   reprieved ; 现在分词 :   reprieving ;

实用场景例句

Fourteen individuals sentenced to hang for assassinating a former leader were granted a reprieve.

因刺杀前领导人而被判绞刑的十四人获得了缓刑。

金山词霸

The university seemed destined for closure, yet a reprieve was unexpectedly granted this week.

这所大学似乎注定要关闭，然而本周却意外获得了暂缓。

金山词霸

a reprieved prisoner

一个被判死刑而暂缓执行的囚犯

金山词霸

50 students have been reprieved from expulsion until the end of the semester.

有50名学生被暂缓开除直到学期结束。

金山词霸

Campaigners have secured a reprieve for the school facing shutdown.

活动家们为这所面临关闭的学校争取到了缓刑期。

金山词霸

That past weeks had been an unexpected brief reprieve.

过去的几星期不过是出乎意外的苟延残喘.

辞典例句

These considerations , of themselves very powerful , induced the spectatorsapprehend the possibility of a reprieve to him.

这些猜测颇有分量, 使观众不由不预料到他有可能得到缓刑.

期刊摘选

As for my unlikely allies, I think that I shall allow them a reprieve.

至于我的盟友们, 我想我应该给他们一个缓刑的机会.

期刊摘选

Unless there is a reprieve the condemned man will hang on Friday.

除非缓刑,那个被宣判的人将于星期五被处绞刑.

期刊摘选

Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.

活动家们为这家受关闭威胁的医院赢得了喘息的机会.

期刊摘选

The news from Saarland was an unexpected reprieve for the CDU.

然而,从萨尔兰州传来的消息却意外的给了CDU当头一棒.

期刊摘选

The FSA may enjoy its reprieve only until the next election.

到下一届大选之前,FSA也许还可以暂时存在一段时间.

期刊摘选

He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.

最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来.

《简明英汉词典》

The criminal won his reprieve at the eleventh hour.

罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑.

期刊摘选

Britain gained this reprieve because it has some things going for it as a sovereign borrower.

英国的债务之所以能够得到延迟是因为他是以国家来负债.

期刊摘选

One tender moment's reprieve from loneliness can illuminate a life.

刹时间从孤独中的解脱可以影响一生的生活.

期刊摘选

The periodic table would appear thus to have won a temporary reprieve.

元素周期表的修改貌似要减缓咯.

期刊摘选

To some we should similarly apply the policy of passing the death sentence with a reprieve.

其中有些人亦应采取判死缓刑的政策.

期刊摘选

Even this extra minute was a reprieve.

就这样多拖延一分钟也好象是一种缓刑.

辞典例句

Commutation is distinct from reprieve.

减刑不同于缓刑.

辞典例句

The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.

这个家庭暂时免于被逐出.

《简明英汉词典》

The judge pronounced to reprieve a condemned prisoner

法官宣布缓期执行被判罪囚犯的刑罚。

辞典例句

A prisoner scheduled for lethal injection received an unexpected reprieve just hours before the execution.

一名预定接受注射死刑的囚犯在行刑前几小时意外获得了缓刑。

金山词霸

The college was about to shut, but it received a temporary reprieve this week.

这所大学即将关闭，但这周它获得了暂时的缓期。

金山词霸

英英释义

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