中英互译
reprieve
英 /rɪˈpriːv/美 /rɪˈpriːv/
基本释义
- v.取消（或缓期）执行……的死刑；取消关闭，暂缓终止
- n.缓刑，赦免；暂缓，暂时解救
复数reprieves
第三人称单数reprieves
现在分词reprieving
过去式reprieved
过去分词reprieved
GRESAT
双语例句
- It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.看上去这所学院将不得不关闭，但本周却收到了暂缓令。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- The cost of the reprieve was high, however.然而，缓刑成本是高昂的。
网络短语
- with a two-year reprieve缓期二年执行；缓期两年执行
- Death with reprieve死缓；无期徒刑
- Graceful Reprieve优雅免难
- judicial reprieve司法暂缓
- Moments of Reprieve缓刑时刻
同义词
vt.
缓期执行；暂时解救
n.
词义分布
暂缓
55.6%
缓刑
44.4%
英英释义
- n.a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- n.an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- n.a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
- n.the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- v.postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- v.relieve temporarily
词源
- reprieve延缓，死刑缓解令来 自 中古 法 语 repris, 来 自 reprendre 过 去 分词 形 式 ， 来自 reprendre, 抓 回 ， 来 自 拉 丁语 reprehendere,抓回，来自 re-,向后，往回，prehendere,抓住，词源同 prison,reprehensible.其原 义为抓回监狱，送回监狱，后引申词义延缓死刑。拼写可能受-eve 影响。