reprieved是什么意思？

reprieved

• v. 缓期执行（死刑）( reprieve的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• We were reprieved from the danger for a time. 我们暂免危险.
• 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April. 有70个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。