reprieve 撤销…的死刑；缓期执行…的死刑；取消关闭；暂缓终止

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reprieve
re•prieve / riˈpriːv /
verb
[VN] [usually passive]   (not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不用于进行时)
1. to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is condemned to death
   撤销…的死刑；缓期执行…的死刑:
   a reprieved murderer
   被判死刑而暂缓执行的杀人犯
2. to officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth
   取消关闭；暂缓终止:
   70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
   有 70 个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。
noun
[usually sing.]
1. an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is condemned to death
   刑罚终止令；(尤指)死刑缓刑令
SYN   stay of execution
2. a delay before sth bad happens
   延缓；缓解:
   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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re∙prieve¹ / rɪˈpriv ; rɪˈpriːv /
◙noun [C]
1. a delay before something bad happens or continues to happen
• 〔令人不快之事的〕延缓; 缓解;
--› respite :
▪ [+ from ]
»Shoppers will get a temporary reprieve from the new sales tax.
购物者将可以暂时免交新的销售税。
2. an official order stopping the killing of a prisoner as a punishment
• 死刑撤销令; 死刑暂缓令:
»give / grant sb a reprieve
»The US Supreme Court voted against granting Smith a reprieve (=against giving him one).
  美国最高法院投票反对给史密斯死刑暂缓令。

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reprieve²
◙verb [T usually passive]
1. to officially stop a prisoner from being killed as a punishment
• 撤销…的死刑; 缓期执行…的死刑
2. to change a decision to close a factory, school etc or get rid of something
• 改变〔关闭工厂、学校等或抛弃某物等〕的决定

reprieve
re•prieve
I
/rıˈpriːv/ noun , pl   -prieves [  count  ]
  1 : an official order that delays the punishment of a prisoner who is sentenced to death
   He won/got a (temporary) reprieve from his death sentence.
  2 a : a delay that keeps something bad from happening
   They wanted to close the library, but we managed to get/secure a reprieve for it.
  2 b : a period of relief from pain, trouble, etc.
   This warm spell has given us a reprieve from the winter cold.
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II
verb , -prieves, -prieved, -priev•ing [  + obj  ]
  1 : to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a prisoner who is sentenced to death)
   He was sentenced to death but then reprieved.
  2 : to prevent (something) from being closed, destroyed, etc., for a period of time
   The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year.

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respite
res∙pite / ˈrɛspɪt ; ˈrespɪt /
◙noun [sing., U]
1. a short time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily better
• 〔不好事情的〕暂息，暂缓:
▪ [+ from ]
»The trip was a welcome respite from the pressures of work.
  这次旅行可以暂时缓解工作压力，真让人高兴。
»a brief respite from persecution
  暂时停止迫害
»without respite
»The pain went on without respite.
  疼痛一刻也没有缓解。
2. a short period of time before you have to do something that you do not like
• 〔做不喜欢的事之前的〕暂缓，暂停，暂息:
»We have a few days' respite before we have to pay them.
  我们还可以迟几天才付款。