reprieve 详细解释

reprieve

[ri'pri:v]

v.暂缓处刑,暂时缓解
n.缓刑, 缓刑令

词形变化

形容词: reprievable | 动词过去式: reprieved | 动词过去分词: reprieved | 动词现在分词: reprieving | 动词第三人称单数: reprieves |

词义辨析

同义参见:

respite  free  

英英释义

名词 reprieve:

a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

同义词：respite

an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

同义词：suspension, respite, hiatus, abatement

a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)

the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

同义词：respite

动词 reprieve:

postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

同义词：respite

relieve temporarily

补充

reprievereprieve英:[riˈpri:v] 美:[rɪˈpriv]n.1.(死刑)缓期执行令vt.1.缓期执行(死刑)

例句

1. The prisoner condemned to death was reprieved for two years.判死刑的罪犯被缓刑两年执行。 2. Our school has been reprieved from insufficient financial resources.我们学校财力不足的困境现已暂时得到缓解。 3. under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved.在新的制度下，被判死刑的罪犯被缓期执行。 4. the threatened pits could be reprieved.关闭有危险矿井的计划可能推迟。 5. a mother who faced eviction has been given a reprieve.面临被逐出住处的母亲已获暂时解救。 6. The judge granted him a last-minute reprieve.法官在最后一分钟准他缓期处决。 7. He won/got a (temporary) reprieve from his death sentence.他获得死刑（暂时）缓期执行。 8. "They wanted to close the library, but we managed to get/secure a reprieve for it."他们想关闭图书馆，但我们设法暂时保住了它。 9. This warm spell has given us a reprieve from the winter cold.这些天暖和的天气使我们从冬日的寒冷中得以喘息。 10. He was sentenced to death but then reprieved.他被判死刑，但随后得以缓期执行。 11. The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year.这座图书馆暂时保住了，至少还会再开一年。

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