reprieve

音标发音

• 英式音标 [rɪˈpriːv]
• 美式音标 [rɪˈpriːv]
• 国际音标 [ri'pri:v]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• v. 取消（或緩期）執行……的死刑；取消關閉，暫緩終止
• n. 緩刑，赦免；暫緩，暫時解救

词根记忆

• re(後) + priev(＝prehend抓住)→抓住放在後麪→暫不執行死刑→緩刑
• re(重新) + prieve(拿)→重新捉拿歸案→不執行死刑→緩刑

同根派生

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英汉例句

• He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.
  最後一刻的緩刑令把他從絞架上解救了下來.
• The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.
  這個家庭暫時免於被逐出.
• It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
  這所大學看起來要關閉了，但這周情況暫時有所緩解。
• A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve.
  一個即將被執行注射死刑的男子在最後一分鍾獲得緩刑。
• It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
  這所大學看起來要關閉了，但這周情況暫時有所緩解。

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词组短语

短語

• reprieve prosecution 緩起訴
• Spell Reprieve 法術緩解
• year reprieve 死刑緩期二年執行
• reprieve e 緩刑
• Belle Reprieve 美麗緩刑

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• an official order that stops or delays the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner
• to stop or delay the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner

柯林斯英英字典

• If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
• Reprieve is also a noun
• A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.

• reprieve剑桥字典
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专业释义

法學

• 緩刑