reprieving
present participle ofreprieve
单词 | reprieving |
释义 | reprieving present participle ofreprieve reprieve verb[T] uk/rɪˈpriːv/us/rɪˈpriːv/tostopordelaythepunishment,especiallybydeath, of aprisoner toprovidesomething or someone with anescapefrom abadsituationorexperience,especiallytodelayorstopplanstocloseor end something: Thethreatenedhospitalscould now be reprieved. Not punishing & reducing punishment
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Preserving and saving Examplesofreprievingreprieving In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I suspect that the gross cost ofreprievingthe units involved would be in that region. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the review will show its integrity byreprievingthat colliery, among others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The same arguments can be adduced forreprievingthe pint of milk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also a case forreprievingboth of them for a while. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Soon after his arrival he came into conflict with one of the judges byreprievinga prisoner sentenced to be hanged. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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