reprieve

美 [rɪˈpriːv]英 [rɪˈpriːv]
  • vt.缓刑;缓期执行…的死刑;暂缓终止;撤销…的死刑;取消关闭
  • n.缓解;延缓;刑罚终止令;(尤指)死刑缓刑令

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

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verb

1

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

a reprieved murderer

被判死刑而暂缓执行的杀人犯

2

取消关闭;暂缓终止
to officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth

70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.

有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。

noun

1

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

2

延缓;缓解
a delay before sth bad happens

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。

reprieve

频次

  • 1
    VERB 对…缓期执行,撤销…的刑罚
    If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.

    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
    N-COUNT (不好或艰难情况的)暂缓,延缓
    A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.

    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。

noun

1
the act of reprieving;postponing or remitting punishment
Synonym: respite
2
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
3
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Synonym: suspension respite hiatus abatement
4
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Synonym: respite

verb

1
relieve temporarily
2
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
Synonym: respite

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  1. Some Questions about the System of Reprieve in Our Country

    我国缓刑制度的几个问题

  2. Even this extra minute was a reprieve .

    就这样多拖延一分钟也好象是一种缓刑。

  3. 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April .

    有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。

  4. 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。

  5. 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。

  6. 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。

  7. We were reprieved from the danger for a time .

    我们暂免危险

  8. The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction .

    这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。

  9. Death : You all say that . But I grant no reprieves .

    死神:你总是这样说,但是,我不再容许拖延

  10. Feeling like a man who in mid-career has suddenly been placed under sentence of death with an indefinite reprieve , I left the doctor 's office , walked over to the park , and sat down on a bench , perhaps , as I then told myself , for the last time .

    就这样,事业方面方兴未艾的我仿佛突然被人判了死刑,却说不准何时执刑。我离开医生的办公室,来到公园的长椅上坐下。这也许是最后一次来这儿了,我对自己说。

  11. Application and Improvement about the System of Changing Death Sentence with Reprieve

    论死缓变更制度的适用与完善

  12. The Thinking About Reprieve of Prosecution Used In Our Law Field

    慎思暂缓起诉在我国的适用

  13. Yet the development is only a small reprieve for American tech companies .

    但事态的这一步进展,对于美国科技企业来说只是暂时的缓解。

  14. Improved Oil Recovery is the key to reprieve the predicament .

    如何提高原油采收率,缓解日益迫近的石油危机,是世界各国石油工程界急需解决的问题。

  15. Our country should set up reprieve prosecution system for suspect

    我国宜建立对犯罪嫌疑人的暂缓起诉制度

  16. Legislative Design of Reprieving Prosecution System in China

    我国暂缓起诉制度的立法设计初探

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

    元素周期表的修改貌似要减缓咯。

  18. I thought a weekend away with Ian would give me a reprieve .

    我以为和伊恩出去玩一个礼拜能缓解烦恼

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

    刹时间从孤独中的解脱可以影响一生的生活。

  20. Research on the Alteration of Reprieve of Death Penalty

    死缓执行变更问题研究

  21. In the end , Russian officials received a reprieve , in their view .

    最终,在俄罗斯官员看来,他们获得了一线生机。

  22. Will time reward us some reprieve ?

    时间能给我们缓刑么?

  23. That past weeks had been an unexpected brief reprieve .

    过去的几星期不过是出乎意外的苟延残喘。

  24. The tree that be due to be cut down have be reprieve for six month

    原定砍伐的那棵树已经推迟六个月再砍

  25. 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?

  26. Then that summer ( otherwise known as the reprieve ) ended .

    然后,那个夏天(亦称苟安时期)结束了。

  27. Political Parlance and Logic of Legal Theory : Review on System of Death Sentence with a Reprieve

    政治话语与法理逻辑&对我国死缓制度的反思

  28. System of death sentence with a reprieve is an original legal system which derived from and followed historical policy .

    死缓制度作为一项独创的法律制度,源自并沿袭了历史政策。

  29. But it may only be a temporary reprieve .

    但是,这可能只是昙花一现。

  30. The prosecution reprieve system helps to save the judicial resources and to achieve the purpose of punishment function .

    暂缓起诉制度具有节约司法资源,有利于实现刑罚目的的作用。