reprieve
英[rɪ'priːv]
美[rɪ'priv]
- 缓期执行；暂时解救
- 缓刑， 暂缓
词态变化
复数: reprieves;第三人称单数: reprieves;过去式: reprieved;过去分词: reprieved;现在分词: reprieving;
双语例句
- 1. 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.
- 2. The railway line , due for closure, has been granted a six - month reprieve.
- 本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6个月.
- 3. The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.
- 这个家庭暂时免于被逐出.
- 4. A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve.
- 一个即将被执行注射死刑的男子在最后一分钟获得缓刑。
- 5. It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
- 这所大学看起来要关闭了，但这周情况暂时有所缓解。