| 词汇 | reprieving |
| 释义 | reprieving present participle ofreprieve reprieve verb[ T ] uk /rɪˈpriːv/ us /rɪˈpriːv/ to stop or delay the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner撤销，缓期执行（尤指死刑） to provide something or someone with an escape from a bad situation or experience, especially to delay or stop plans to close or end something: 暂时解救，暂时缓解；（尤指）取消关闭，暂缓中止 The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.面临关闭危险的那些医院现在暂时逃过一劫。 Not punishing & reducing punishment absolve amnesty be off the hookidiom clear of something commutation discharge get away with murderidiom get away with something get off get off lightlyphrase hook impunity lightly privilege remit reprieve royal pardon scot-free spare unpunished You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Preserving and saving Examples of reprievingreprieving In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I suspect that the gross cost of reprieving the units involved would be in that region. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the review will show its integrity by reprieving that colliery, among others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same arguments can be adduced for reprieving the pint of milk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also a case for reprieving both of them for a while. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Soon after his arrival he came into conflict with one of the judges by reprieving a prisoner sentenced to be hanged. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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