reprieve

verb

1. 撤销…的死刑；缓期执行…的死刑
   to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is condemned to death
   1. a reprieved murderer
      被判死刑而暂缓执行的杀人犯
2. 取消关闭；暂缓终止
   to officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth
   1. 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
      有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。

noun

1. 刑罚终止令；（尤指）死刑缓刑令
   an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is condemned to death
2. 延缓；缓解
   a delay before sth bad happens
   1. 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。

1. VERB 对…缓期执行，撤销…的刑罚
   If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
   1. Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.
      因谋杀前首相而即将处以绞刑的14个人已获缓刑。
   2. Reprieve is also a noun.
      
   3. 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。
2. N-COUNT (不好或艰难情况的)暂缓，延缓
   A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
   1. 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。

1. Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.
   因谋杀前首相而即将处以绞刑的14个人已获缓刑。
2. 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。
3. Then that summer ( otherwise known as the reprieve) ended.
   然后，那个夏天（亦称苟安时期）结束了。
4. The case of Liu Yong has been judged for three times and the sentence has been changed from death penalty to death with reprieve and to death penalty again.
   刘涌案件经过三审，先后作出了由死刑到死缓又到死刑的三次判决。
5. In order to reform those criminals who have committed crimes punishable by death but who may still be reformable, China has created a unique system of a death penalty with a two-year reprieve.
   再创造与二次创造将比初创更为强大、遍。为了改造那些犯有死罪但还有可能改造的罪犯，中国独创了判处死刑缓期二年执行的制度。
6. I consider this a reprieve.
   我觉得这样算是个缓刑。
7. You have obtained a reprieve for me.
   你给了我另外一次机会。
8. But if more bad figures emerge a reprieve on new taxes may prove to be wise.
   但是如果更失望的数据出现，则新税收的推迟无疑是明智的。
9. We can not help worrying that it may make disposition power of criminal justice weak and penalty reprieve possible.
   然而，其可能引起的对国家刑事实体处分权的松动及刑罚轻缓化泛化等的趋向不能不令人担忧。
10. To some we should similarly apply the policy of passing the death sentence with a reprieve.
    其中有些人亦应采取判死缓刑的政策。
11. A preliminary psychological report prepared by reprieve concluded that he suffered from "delusional psychosis".
    由reprieve准备的一份初步心理学报告得出结论认为，沙伊克患有“妄想性精神病”。
12. Unless there is a reprieve the condemned man will hang on Friday.
    除非缓刑，那个被宣判的人将于星期五被处绞刑。
13. Iran has won a reprieve at the UN.
    伊朗已经从联合国获得了喘息/暂缓制裁的机会。
14. The judge stayed the execution order. The system of announcing the death sentence with a two-year reprieve and forced labor, as provided in China's Criminal Law, is an original creation in the application of capital punishment.
    法官判暂缓执行死刑。死刑缓期执行制度是中国刑法在死刑适用上的一个独创。
15. A last-minute reprieve is highly unlikely, and his execution next week seems inevitable.
    最后一刻的缓刑看来极不可能了，他下周的死刑在所难免。
16. 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。
17. What price a reprieve for Scotland in tonight's final?
    在今晚的决赛中苏格兰队逃过一劫可能吗？
18. He was sentenced to death but was granted a last-minute reprieve.
    他被判处死刑，但在最后一刻被准予缓刑。
19. Practice has shown that most of the criminals who are given the death penalty with reprieve have had their punishment reduced to life imprisonment or a set term of imprisonment, after expiration of the two-year reprieve.
    从审判实践看，绝大多数被判处死刑缓期执行的罪犯在二年期满后均被减为无期徒刑或有期徒刑。
20. The criminal won his reprieve at the Eleventh hour.
    罪犯在最后的关头获得缓刑。
21. He was still hoping for a last-minute reprieve.
    他仍然抱希望于最后一刻的缓刑命令。
22. Will time reward us some reprieve?
    时间能给我们缓刑么？
23. They should be probated for first offences. The prisoner won a last-minute reprieve.
    他们是初犯，故应处缓刑。那囚犯在临刑前获得了缓刑。
24. One tender moment's reprieve from loneliness can illuminate a life.
    刹时间从孤独中的解脱可以影响一生的生活。
25. Professor Ohmae said Korea's recovery was due to "obedience to US hegemony" and reprieve from currency speculators rather than any real fundamental recovery.
    小前教授说，韩国经济的复苏是因为“顺从于美国的霸权”和暂时摆脱了货币投机商，而并非什么真正的根本性复苏。
26. A reduction in or reprieve from a tax, debt or any other payment obligation.
    对税、债务或任何其他理赔的减缓。
27. The government gave rim a 60-day reprieve but warned that it would have to set up a server within India during this period.
    印度政府给了rim公司60天的暂缓期，但警告称它必须在这段时间内建立本地服务器。
28. But this year, some form of reprieve got underway, marking a seeming turning point.
    但今年呈现了某种形式的缓解，形成一个貌似的转折点。
29. Even this extra minute was a reprieve.
    就这样多拖延一分钟也好象是一种缓刑。

noun

1. the act of reprieving

   Synonym:    respite

2. a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)

3. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

   Synonym:    suspensionrespitehiatusabatement

4. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

   Synonym:    respite

verb

1. relieve temporarily

2. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

   Synonym:    respite