Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense reprieves, present participle reprieving, past tense, past participle reprieved
1VERB [usually passive, no cont]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. 对…缓期执行,撤销…的刑罚
Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved. [beVERB-ed]
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。
2N-COUNT [usually singular](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. (不好或艰难情况的)暂缓,延缓
It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.