reprieve

GRE

英[r??pri:v]
美[r??priv]

基本釋義

vt.
[法]緩期執(zhí)行; 給…帶來緩解
n.
[法]死緩,緩刑; 暫緩

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

a reprieved murderer

被判死刑而暫緩執(zhí)行的殺人犯

牛津詞典

70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.

有70個(gè)職位暫時(shí)保留到明年四月份。

牛津詞典

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

活動(dòng)家們?yōu)檫@家受關(guān)閉威脅的醫(yī)院贏得了喘息的機(jī)會(huì)。

牛津詞典

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(gè)人已獲緩刑。

It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.

這所大學(xué)看起來要關(guān)閉了,但這周情況暫時(shí)有所緩解。

That past weeks had been an unexpected brief reprieve.

過去的幾星期不過是出乎意外的茍延殘喘.

辭典例句

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

這些猜測(cè)頗有分量, 使觀眾不由不預(yù)料到他有可能得到緩刑.

期刊摘選

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

至于我的盟友們, 我想我應(yīng)該給他們一個(gè)緩刑的機(jī)會(huì).

期刊摘選

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

除非緩刑,那個(gè)被宣判的人將于星期五被處絞刑.

期刊摘選

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

活動(dòng)家們?yōu)檫@家受關(guān)閉威脅的醫(yī)院贏得了喘息的機(jī)會(huì).

期刊摘選

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

然而,從薩爾蘭州傳來的消息卻意外的給了CDU當(dāng)頭一棒.

期刊摘選

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

到下一屆大選之前,FSA也許還可以暫時(shí)存在一段時(shí)間.

期刊摘選

He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.

最后一刻的緩刑令把他從絞架上解救了下來.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The criminal won his reprieve at the eleventh hour.

罪犯在最后的關(guān)頭獲得緩刑.

期刊摘選

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

英國的債務(wù)之所以能夠得到延遲是因?yàn)樗且試襾碡?fù)債.

期刊摘選

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

剎時(shí)間從孤獨(dú)中的解脫可以影響一生的生活.

期刊摘選

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

元素周期表的修改貌似要減緩咯.

期刊摘選

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

其中有些人亦應(yīng)采取判死緩刑的政策.

期刊摘選

Even this extra minute was a reprieve.

就這樣多拖延一分鐘也好象是一種緩刑.

辭典例句

Commutation is distinct from reprieve.

減刑不同于緩刑.

辭典例句

The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.

這個(gè)家庭暫時(shí)免于被逐出.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The judge pronounced to reprieve a condemned prisoner

法官宣布緩期執(zhí)行被判罪囚犯的刑罰。

辭典例句

A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve.

一個(gè)即將被執(zhí)行注射死刑的男子在最后一分鐘獲得緩刑。

柯林斯例句

It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.

這所大學(xué)看起來要關(guān)閉了,但這周情況暫時(shí)有所緩解。

柯林斯例句

英英釋義

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

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