stay of execution

基本解释

The court granted the company a two weeks stay of execution.
法院准予公司有两周的延缓执行判决的时间。
Sabat is not out of trouble; he did not receive a reprieve, merely a temporary stay of execution.
萨瓦特没有摆脱困境，他没有得到喘息的机会，只是一个暂时停止执行。
Although bank shares recovered slightly after Mr Bernanke's comments, that says more about shareholders' relief at the stay of execution than about a sudden improvement in the banks' prospects.
虽然在伯南克的讲话后，银行股略有反弹，但相比银行业前景的突然改善，伯南克先生的讲话更多的只是宽慰了私人投资者。

You can think of this as a stay of execution for the Greek authorities.
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But only last month the owner had won a stay of execution until the end of the summer season.
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If you are given a stay of execution, you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.