形容词::reprievable
过去式::reprieved
过去分词::reprieved
现在分词::reprieving
第三人称单数::reprieves
1.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.
e.g. 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.(不好或艰难情况的)暂缓,延缓
Areprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
e.g. It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given areprieve.
这所大学看起来要关闭了,但这周情况暂时有所缓解。
1.
1. 缓期执行:美国学者认为,所谓死刑的赦免(clemency)包括三个方面的内容:缓期执行(reprieve)、减刑(commutation)、完全赦免(pardon),或者是三者的结合. 在美国,死刑赦免是刑事司法制度之外的行政制度,死刑赦免权由行政长官掌握,
2. 暂缓:frivolous 无关紧要的 |reprieve 暂缓 | repellent 令人厌恶的
3. 减轻:retrieve 挽回 |reprieve 减轻 | appellant 上诉人
With those who flee Is neither glory nor reprieve from death.
出自:W. C. BryantHe may reprieve a condemned malefactor.
出自:E. A. Kendall