reprieve
reprieve
verb
verb
- [with obj.]cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death)
缓期执行对…的刑罚（尤指死刑）
under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved.
在新的制度下，被判死刑的罪犯被缓期执行。
■abandon or postpone plans to close or put an end to (something)
放弃或推迟（关闭或结束的）计划
the threatened pits could be reprieved.
关闭有危险矿井的计划可能推迟。
- a cancellation or postponement of a punishment
缓刑
■a temporary escape from an undesirable fate or unpleasant situation
暂时解救，暂时缓解
a mother who faced eviction has been given a reprieve.
面临被逐出住处的母亲已获暂时解救。
- late 15th cent. (as the past participle repryed): from Anglo-Norman French repris, past participle of reprendre, from Latin re- 'back' + prehendere 'seize'. The insertion of -v- (16th cent.) remains unexplained. Sense development has undergone a reversal, from the early meaning 'send back to prison', via 'postpone (a legal process)', to the current sense 'rescue from impending punishment'
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