reprieved

英 [rɪˈpriːvd]

美 [rɪˈpriːvd]

v.  撤销…的死刑; 缓期执行…的死刑; 取消关闭; 暂缓终止
reprieve的过去分词和过去式

过去式：reprieved　

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。

双语例句

• I greet this sunrise with cries of joy as a prisoner who is reprieved from death.
  我像被赦免死刑的囚犯，用喜悦的泪水拥抱新生的太阳。
• The government has reprieved the hospitals threatened with closure, and they will now stay open until next year.
  政府已暂时解救了面临关门危险的医院，现在它们将开到明年。
• And my thoughts fly apart can this man be believed? Shall his sins be forgiven? Shall his crimes be reprieved?
  我思绪混乱我能相信那个人吗？他的罪过能原谅吗？他的罪责能缓刑吗？
• New offenders on probation should not be reprieved. A Study on "A Unit Which Commits a Crime shall be Punished with a Fine"
  缓刑罪犯在缓刑考验期内又犯罪的，在撤销缓刑数罪并罚后不应当再适用缓刑，而应当判处实际执行的刑罚。对单位判处罚金研究
• 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。
• He was sentenced to death but was reprieved by the president.
  他被判处死刑但被总统缓期执行。