单词 | reprieve |
释义 | reprieve [rɪ'pri:v] noun countable ■an official order that stops or delays the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner (尤指对死刑的)撤销令,缓刑令 •He was sentenced to death but was granted ■an escape from a bad situation or experience 暂时解救;暂时缓解•The injection provided a temporary reprieve from [rɪ'pri:v] verb transitive ■to stop or delay the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner 撤销,缓期执行(尤指死刑) ■to provide something or someone with an escape from a bad situation or experience, especially to delay or stop plans to close or end something 暂时解救,暂时缓解;(尤指)取消关闭,暂缓中止 •The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.面临关闭危险的那些医院现在暂时逃过一劫。 |
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