单词
reprieve
读音
rɪˈpriːv
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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 ]
例句
A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last-minute reprieve.
一名等待被注射处死的男子因为最后一刻的缓刑而获救。
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。
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。
A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last-minute reprieve.
一名等待被注射处死的男子因为最后一刻的缓刑而获救。
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。
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。
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And because everything is in flux,I am forced to take a much-needed reprieveas that mysterious illness has been granted an extension.
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