| 单词 | reprieve |
| 释义 | reprieve (rɪpriːv ) Word forms: reprieves , reprieving , reprieved 1. verb [usually passive, no cont] If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. Fourteen people on death row for murder have been reprieved. [be VERB-ed] Reprieve is also a noun. A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve. 2. countable noun [usually singular] A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place. It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve. Collocations: brief reprieve Yes, the stars have earned their brief reprieve. Times, Sunday Times It proved only a brief reprieve. The Sun After the exchange, students have a brief reprieve to enjoy the game with their fellow comrades. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After a brief reprieve from war, the base prepared for war, bringing station defences and squadrons to full combat readiness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Being sent to the prison was likely to be at best only a brief reprieve, as conditions there were brutal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of this, of course, may only be a temporary reprieve. Times, Sunday Times It may be nothing more than a temporary reprieve. Times, Sunday Times The temporary reprieve breathed some life into the flagging share price, which has almost halved this year. Times,Sunday Times No wonder they wore the grins of temporary reprieve. Times, Sunday Times But it was a temporary reprieve as the visitors opened the scoring after 15 minutes. The Sun Several times he has had his last supper, only to win a reprieve at the last minute. Times, Sunday Times After 27 hours without food or drink, she won a reprieve. Times, Sunday Times The artists won a reprieve after the mayor intervened. Times, Sunday Times Local managers and trade union officials won a reprieve. Times, Sunday Times The vans should have won a reprieve this summer. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 缓刑被判 Japanese: 執行を猶予する |
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