reprieve

英[rɪ'priːv]美[rɪ'priːv]
  • v. 暂缓处刑；暂时缓解
  • n. 缓刑；缓刑令

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自中古法语repris，来自reprendre过去分词形式，来自reprendre，抓回，来自拉丁语reprehendere，抓回，来自re-，向后，往回，prehendere，抓住，词源同prison，reprehensible.其原义为抓回监狱，送回监狱，后引申词义延缓死刑。拼写可能受-eve影响。
      noun(名词)
      1. （尤指对死刑的）撤销令，缓刑令
      2. 暂时解救;暂时缓解
      verb(动词)
      1. 撤销，缓期执行（尤指死刑）
      2. 暂时解救，暂时缓解；（尤指）取消关闭，暂缓中止

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. （尤指对死刑的）撤销令，缓刑令

      He was sentenced to death but was granted a last-minute reprieve.

      他被判死刑，但是就在行刑前最后时刻被准予缓期执行。

    2. 暂时解救;暂时缓解

      The injection provided a temporary reprieve from the pain.

      注射了一针后，疼痛暂时缓解了。

    verb(动词)
    1. 撤销，缓期执行（尤指死刑）
    2. 暂时解救，暂时缓解；（尤指）取消关闭，暂缓中止

      The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.

      面临关闭危险的那些医院现在暂时逃过一劫。

    小知识

    A reprieve is a break in or cancellation of a painful or otherwise lousy situation. If you're being tortured, a reprieve is a break from whatever's tormenting you.

    For some, a night at the opera is a night of punishing boredom during which the only reprieve is the intermission. For others, it's baseball that feels like torture. The seventh-inning stretch is the only reprieve from a night of endless waiting. Often, you'll hear reprieve used when a court or governor decides not to execute a prisoner. That prisoner is given a reprieve and will be allowed to live. He probably won't get a reprieve from prison, though, unless he's found innocent.

    实用短语

    1. with a two-year reprieve

      缓期二年执行,缓期两年执行

    2. death with reprieve

      死缓,无期徒刑

    3. graceful reprieve

      优雅免难

    4. judicial reprieve

      司法暂缓

    5. moments of reprieve

      缓刑时刻

    同义词

    free  /  respite