英语语法分析

reprieve

v. 取消（或缓期）执行……的死刑；取消关闭，暂缓终止

n. 缓刑，赦免；暂缓，暂时解救

复数 reprieves

第三人称单数 reprieves

现在分词 reprieving

过去式 reprieved

过去分词 reprieved

例句

It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.

看上去这所学院将不得不关闭，但本周却收到了暂缓令。

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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。

《牛津词典》

A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last-minute reprieve.

一名等待被注射处死的男子因为最后一刻的缓刑而获救。

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