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reprieve

英 [rɪˈpri:v] 美 [rɪˈpriv] 

形容词: reprievable 过去式: reprieved 过去分词: reprieved 现在分词: reprieving 第三人称单数: reprieves

reprieve基本解释

v.暂缓处刑;暂时缓解

n.缓刑;缓刑令

reprieve同义词

reprieve网络解释

1.

1. 缓期执行:美国学者认为,所谓死刑的赦免(clemency)包括三个方面的内容:缓期执行(reprieve)、减刑(commutation)、完全赦免(pardon),或者是三者的结合. 在美国,死刑赦免是刑事司法制度之外的行政制度,死刑赦免权由行政长官掌握,

2. 暂缓:frivolous 无关紧要的 | reprieve 暂缓 | repellent 令人厌恶的

3. 减轻:retrieve 挽回 | reprieve 减轻 | appellant 上诉人

reprieve词典解释

1. 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.

e.g. 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. (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.

e.g. 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。

reprieve英英释义

reprieve什么意思

noun

1. the act of reprieving
postponing or remitting punishment

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

reprieve在线翻译

verb

1. relieve temporarily

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

Synonym: respite

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