reprieve

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n. 缓刑, 缓刑令, 暂缓 vt. 暂时解救, 缓期执行

发音

US /ɹɪˈpɹiːv/

词形变化

reprieves 复数 reprieves reprieved reprieves 三单 reprieveth reprieving reprieving 现在分词 reprieved 过去式 reprieved 过去分词

别名

repreeve repryve reprive

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.

    The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.

  2. 2.

    A document authorizing such an action.

  3. 3.

    Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.

  4. 4.

    A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To bring relief to someone.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something).

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

suspension respite hiatus abatement

上位词 8

break mercy warrant ease relief interruption clemency mercifulness

下位词 4

remission defervescence remittal subsidence
动词

同义词 1

respite

上位词 10

table deliver rescue postpone defer remit shelve set back hold over prorogue

词源

First use appears c. 1513 in the writings of Robert Fabyan. In the sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), possibly from Middle French repris, in the form of reprendre (“take back”); a cognate to reprise. The sense has become generalized, but does retain connotations of punishment and execution. The noun's first use appears c. 1592.

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