reprieve的意思和读音

reprieve

: [rɪˈpriv] : [rɪˈpriːv]

n.;(

v.

reprieves  reprieving  reprieved  

v.punish

n.stay of execution,amnesty,pardon,acquittal,absolution

v.let off,acquit,remit,excuse,liberate

reprievev.

1.~ sbto officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is condemned to death

a reprieved murderer

2.~ sthto officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth

70 jobs have been reprieved until next April. 70

n.

1.;(an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is condemned to death

2.a delay before sth bad happens

Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.

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n.1.a decision to stop or delay something bad that was going to happen2.an official decision not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment

v.1.to stop or delay something bad that was going to happen2.to officially decide not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment

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1.Some Chinese economists worry out loud that China's massive stimulus-spending might have bought the country only a temporary reprieve.[],

2.In doing so it will have to face up to long-neglected problems, if this is to lead to a true recovery, not just a brief reprieve.

3.The court said he had been given a two-year reprieve in recognition of his help with other cases.

4.Sabat is not out of trouble; he did not receive a reprieve, merely a temporary stay of execution.

5.Since then, presidents have been more likely to eat the turkey rather than give it a reprieve.

6.There was a respite at any rate, which made the timid little Amelia almost as happy as a full reprieve would have done.仿

7.Then a last-minute reprieve came in the jagged shape of a lightening flash across the sky.——齿

8.Four people including Qian himself were sentenced to 18 months in jail, with a two-year reprieve, said the comment.18

9.It was a very brief reprieve. We raided the Agency a few days ago.

10.In the end, doctors got a six-month reprieve; efforts are now under way in the Senate to extend that reprieve for a further two years.