reprieve GRE

to reprieve the prisoner

给囚犯缓刑

The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.

这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。

reprieve a condemned prisoner

缓期执行被判罪囚犯的刑罚

He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.

最的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。

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

本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。