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单词 reprieve
释义
reprieve
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈpriːv/us
/rɪˈpriːv/
anofficialorderthatstopsordelaysthepunishment,especiallybydeath, of aprisoner:
（尤指对死刑的）撤销令，缓刑令
He wassentencedtodeathbut wasgrantedalast-minutereprieve.他被判死刑，但是就在行刑前最后时刻被准予缓期执行。
anescapefrom abadsituationorexperience:
暂时解救；暂时缓解
Theinjectionprovidedatemporaryreprievefromthepain.注射了一针后，疼痛暂时缓解了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not punishing & reducing punishment
  • absolve
  • amnesty
  • clemency
  • commutation
  • diplomatic immunity
  • discharge
  • diversion
  • get away with murderidiom
  • get off
  • get off lightlyphrase
  • hook
  • impunity
  • let
  • letsomeoneoff
  • off the hookidiom
  • remission
  • royal pardon
  • scot-free
  • spare
  • unpunished
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Running away and escaping
reprieve
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈpriːv/us
/rɪˈpriːv/
tostopordelaythepunishment,especiallybydeath, of aprisoner
撤销，缓期执行（尤指死刑）
toprovidesomething or someone with anescapefrom abadsituationorexperience,especiallytodelayorstopplanstocloseor end something:
暂时解救，暂时缓解；（尤指）取消关闭，暂缓中止
Thethreatenedhospitalscould now be reprieved.面临关闭危险的那些医院现在暂时逃过一劫。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not punishing & reducing punishment
  • absolve
  • amnesty
  • clemency
  • commutation
  • diplomatic immunity
  • discharge
  • diversion
  • get away with murderidiom
  • get off
  • get off lightlyphrase
  • hook
  • impunity
  • let
  • letsomeoneoff
  • off the hookidiom
  • remission
  • royal pardon
  • scot-free
  • spare
  • unpunished
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Preserving and saving
(Definition ofreprievefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

reprieve| American Dictionary

reprieve
noun[C]
us
/rɪˈpriv/
anofficialordertodelayorstopa prisoner’spunishment,esp. thepunishmentofdeath:
ThewardennotifiedShaw of his reprieve.
A reprieve is also anydelaythat iswelcomed:
Theplay, about toclose, wasgranteda four-week reprieve.

reprieve

verb[T]us
/rɪˈpriv/
(Definition ofreprievefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreprieve

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Of these, twenty-five men and both women were reprieved: the convictions of six others were quashed on appeal.
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We think that if some of these houses could be reprieved, it would be of considerable help.
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If my memory is correct, once the line was reprieved the figure became much lower!
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They were obviously people to whom special considerations applied, otherwise they would not have been reprieved.
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They have been reprieved because it was thought that in their cases there was a mitigating factor.
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When a death sentence has been reprieved, the substitute has always been a sentence of life imprisonment.
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He spoke of others who had not been reprieved, though he did not give their names.
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The people whose future career is thus reported upon were all people who had been reprieved.
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I suspect that the gross cost of reprieving the units involved would be in that region.
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In that context, what proportion of the programmes that have been reduced or reprieved represent capital expenditure?
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I am not so foolish as to believe that anyone can be satisfied with airports policy, except, of course, those whose areas have been reprieved.
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I am not quite sure about the position regarding reprieved prisoners.
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He will be aware that the central solution that they adopted was a subsidy on coal from the 12 allegedly reprieved pits.
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In consequence, even the 12 reprieved pits-12 out of 31—of which 10 now remain, will be closed.
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On that basis, there is no way in which the 12 so-called "reprieved" pits can have a future.
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