[法]缓期执行;给…带来缓解;
[法]死缓,缓刑;暂缓;

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。
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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》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.
来源:网络文摘精选Britain gained this reprieve because it has some things going for it as a sovereign borrower.
英国的债务之所以能够得到延迟是因为他是以国家来负债.
来源:网络文摘精选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.
来源:网络文摘精选As for my unlikely allies, I think that I shall allow them a reprieve.
至于我的盟友们, 我想我应该给他们一个缓刑的机会.
来源:网络文摘精选这些猜测颇有分量, 使观众不由不预料到他有可能得到缓刑.
来源:网络文摘精选因谋杀前首相而即将处以绞刑的14个人已获缓刑。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The news from Saarland was an unexpected reprieve for the CDU.
然而,从萨尔兰州传来的消息却意外的给了CDU当头一棒.
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