reprieve
英[r?'pri?v]
美[r?'priv]
- vt. 緩期執行；暫時解救
- n. 暫緩；緩刑
實用場景例句
- a reprieved murderer
- 被判死刑而暫緩執行的殺人犯
牛津詞典
- 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
- 有70個職位暫時保留到明年四月份。
牛津詞典
- Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.
- 活動家們為這家受關閉威脅的醫院贏得了喘息的機會。
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個人已獲緩刑。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
- 這所大學看起來要關閉了，但這周情況暫時有所緩解。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- 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.
- 這些猜測頗有分量, 使觀眾不由不預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, 我想我應該給他們一個緩刑的機會.
期刊摘選
- Unless there is a reprieve the condemned man will hang on Friday.
- 除非緩刑,那個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.
- 活動家們為這家受關閉威脅的醫院贏得了喘息的機會.
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也許還可以暫時存在一段時間.
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.
- 英國的債務之所以能夠得到延遲是因為他是以國家來負債.
期刊摘選
- One tender moment's reprieve from loneliness can illuminate a life.
- 剎時間從孤獨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.
- 這個家庭暫時免于被逐出.
《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.
- 一個即將被執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.
- 這所大學看起來要關閉了，但這周情況暫時有所緩解。
柯林斯例句