reprieve
- vt.缓刑;缓期执行…的死刑;暂缓终止;撤销…的死刑;取消关闭
- n.缓解;延缓;刑罚终止令;(尤指)死刑缓刑令
过去式: reprieved 现在分词: reprieving 过去分词: reprieved 第三人称单数: reprieves
verb
撤销…的死刑;缓期执行…的死刑
to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is condemned to death
a reprieved murderer
被判死刑而暂缓执行的杀人犯
取消关闭;暂缓终止
to officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth
70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。
noun
刑罚终止令;(尤指)死刑缓刑令
an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is condemned to death
延缓;缓解
a delay before sth bad happens
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。
reprieve
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VERB 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.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。
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N-COUNT (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.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。
noun
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- the act of reprieving;postponing or remitting punishment
- Synonym: respite
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- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
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- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- Synonym: suspension respite hiatus abatement
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- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- Synonym: respite
verb
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- relieve temporarily
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- postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- Synonym: respite
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Some Questions about the System of Reprieve in Our Country
我国缓刑制度的几个问题
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Even this extra minute was a reprieve .
就这样多拖延一分钟也好象是一种缓刑。
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70 jobs have been reprieved until next April .
有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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We were reprieved from the danger for a time .
我们暂免危险
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The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction .
这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。
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Death : You all say that . But I grant no reprieves .
死神:你总是这样说,但是,我不再容许拖延
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Feeling like a man who in mid-career has suddenly been placed under sentence of death with an indefinite reprieve , I left the doctor 's office , walked over to the park , and sat down on a bench , perhaps , as I then told myself , for the last time .
就这样,事业方面方兴未艾的我仿佛突然被人判了死刑,却说不准何时执刑。我离开医生的办公室,来到公园的长椅上坐下。这也许是最后一次来这儿了,我对自己说。
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Application and Improvement about the System of Changing Death Sentence with Reprieve
论死缓变更制度的适用与完善
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The Thinking About Reprieve of Prosecution Used In Our Law Field
慎思暂缓起诉在我国的适用
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Yet the development is only a small reprieve for American tech companies .
但事态的这一步进展,对于美国科技企业来说只是暂时的缓解。
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Improved Oil Recovery is the key to reprieve the predicament .
如何提高原油采收率,缓解日益迫近的石油危机,是世界各国石油工程界急需解决的问题。
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Our country should set up reprieve prosecution system for suspect
我国宜建立对犯罪嫌疑人的暂缓起诉制度
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Legislative Design of Reprieving Prosecution System in China
我国暂缓起诉制度的立法设计初探
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The periodic table would appear thus to have won a temporary reprieve .
元素周期表的修改貌似要减缓咯。
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I thought a weekend away with Ian would give me a reprieve .
我以为和伊恩出去玩一个礼拜能缓解烦恼
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One tender moment 's reprieve from loneliness can illuminate a life .
刹时间从孤独中的解脱可以影响一生的生活。
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Research on the Alteration of Reprieve of Death Penalty
死缓执行变更问题研究
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In the end , Russian officials received a reprieve , in their view .
最终,在俄罗斯官员看来,他们获得了一线生机。
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Will time reward us some reprieve ?
时间能给我们缓刑么?
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That past weeks had been an unexpected brief reprieve .
过去的几星期不过是出乎意外的苟延残喘。
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The tree that be due to be cut down have be reprieve for six month
原定砍伐的那棵树已经推迟六个月再砍
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What price a reprieve for Scotland in tonight 's final ?
在今晚的决赛中苏格兰队逃过一劫可能吗?
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Then that summer ( otherwise known as the reprieve ) ended .
然后,那个夏天(亦称苟安时期)结束了。
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Political Parlance and Logic of Legal Theory : Review on System of Death Sentence with a Reprieve
政治话语与法理逻辑&对我国死缓制度的反思
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System of death sentence with a reprieve is an original legal system which derived from and followed historical policy .
死缓制度作为一项独创的法律制度,源自并沿袭了历史政策。
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But it may only be a temporary reprieve .
但是,这可能只是昙花一现。
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The prosecution reprieve system helps to save the judicial resources and to achieve the purpose of punishment function .
暂缓起诉制度具有节约司法资源,有利于实现刑罚目的的作用。