Reprieve



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 缓刑; 暂时解救; n. 缓刑, 暂时解救
• ［英］ v. 缓刑 ( to delay the punishment of) 暂时解救 ( to give relief for a time)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) +prieve ( 拿) -> 重新从刑场带回来 -> 不执行死刑 -> 缓刑

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (~d; reprieving)

• Etymology: probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo-French repri-, past stem of reprendre to take back
• Date: 1596
• 1. to delay the punishment of (as a condemned prisoner)
• 2. to give relief or deliverance to for a time

II. noun

• Date: 1592
• 1.
  • a. the act of reprieving ; the state of being ~d
  • b. a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence especially of death
• 2. an order or warrant for a ~
• 3. a temporary respite (as from pain or trouble)

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