reprieve

英 [rɪˈpriːv]

美 [rɪˈpriːv]

v.  撤销…的死刑; 缓期执行…的死刑; 取消关闭; 暂缓终止
n.  刑罚终止令; (尤指)死刑缓刑令; 延缓; 缓解

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

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.15169 / COCA.16877

牛津词典

verb

• 撤销…的死刑；缓期执行…的死刑
  to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is condemned to death
  1. a reprieved murderer
     被判死刑而暂缓执行的杀人犯
• 取消关闭；暂缓终止
  to officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth
  1. 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
     有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。

noun

• 刑罚终止令；（尤指）死刑缓刑令
  an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is condemned to death
• 延缓；缓解
  a delay before sth bad happens
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 对…缓期执行，撤销…的刑罚
  If someone who has been sentenced in a courtis reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
  1. Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.
     因谋杀前首相而即将处以绞刑的14个人已获缓刑。
  2. Reprieveis also a noun.
     
  3. 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。
• N-COUNT (不好或艰难情况的)暂缓，延缓
  Areprieveis a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of reprieving
  Synonym:respite
• a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  Synonym:suspensionrespitehiatusabatement
• a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
  Synonym:respite

verb

• relieve temporarily
• postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
  Synonym:respite

双语例句

• I consider this a reprieve.
  我觉得这样算是个缓刑。
• They should be probated for first offences. The prisoner won a last-minute reprieve.
  他们是初犯，故应处缓刑。那囚犯在临刑前获得了缓刑。
• He was still hoping for a last-minute reprieve.
  他仍然抱希望于最后一刻的缓刑命令。
• A preliminary psychological report prepared by reprieve concluded that he suffered from "delusional psychosis".
  由reprieve准备的一份初步心理学报告得出结论认为，沙伊克患有“妄想性精神病”。
• The criminal won his reprieve at the Eleventh hour.
  罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑。
• Professor Ohmae said Korea's recovery was due to "obedience to US hegemony" and reprieve from currency speculators rather than any real fundamental recovery.
  小前教授说，韩国经济的复苏是因为“顺从于美国的霸权”和暂时摆脱了货币投机商，而并非什么真正的根本性复苏。
• Practice has shown that most of the criminals who are given the death penalty with reprieve have had their punishment reduced to life imprisonment or a set term of imprisonment, after expiration of the two-year reprieve.
  从审判实践看，绝大多数被判处死刑缓期执行的罪犯在二年期满后均被减为无期徒刑或有期徒刑。
• A last-minute reprieve is highly unlikely, and his execution next week seems inevitable.
  最后一刻的缓刑看来极不可能了，他下周的死刑在所难免。
• What price a reprieve for Scotland in tonight's final?
  在今晚的决赛中苏格兰队逃过一劫可能吗？
• 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。