音标:[rɪˈpri:vd] ;
v. 缓期执行(死刑)( reprieve的过去式和过去分词 )
imp. & p. p. of Reprieve

reprieve的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. The tree that was due to be cut down has been reprieved for six months.原定砍伐的那棵树已经推迟六个月再砍。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The disamed rebels are given a reprieve.被缴械的叛乱份子获缓刑。
  2. He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。

经典引文

  • With those who flee Is neither glory nor reprieve from death.

    出自:W. C. Bryant
  • He may reprieve a condemned malefactor.

    出自:E. A. Kendall
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