reprieve

音标发音

• 英式音标 [rɪˈpriːv]
• 美式音标 [rɪˈpriːv]
• 国际音标 [ri'pri:v]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 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

词根记忆

• re(后) + priev(＝prehend抓住)→抓住放在后面→暂不执行死刑→缓刑
• re(重新) + prieve(拿)→重新捉拿归案→不执行死刑→缓刑

同根派生

英汉例句

• He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.
  最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来.
• The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.
  这个家庭暂时免于被逐出.
• It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
  这所大学看起来要关闭了，但这周情况暂时有所缓解。
• A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve.
  一个即将被执行注射死刑的男子在最后一分钟获得缓刑。
• It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
  这所大学看起来要关闭了，但这周情况暂时有所缓解。

词组短语

短语

• reprieve prosecution 缓起诉
• Spell Reprieve 法术缓解
• year reprieve 死刑缓期二年执行
• reprieve e 缓刑
• Belle Reprieve 美丽缓刑

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• an official order that stops or delays the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner
• to stop or delay the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner

柯林斯英英字典

• If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
• Reprieve is also a noun
• A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.

专业释义

法学

• 缓刑