reprieve GRE

1.to reprieve the prisoner

给囚犯缓刑

2.The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.

这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。

3.reprieve a condemned prisoner

缓期执行被判罪囚犯刑罚

4.He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.

最后一刻缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。

5.The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.

本应停运铁路线获准多运行6 个月。