a reprieved murderer
被判死刑而缓期执行的杀人犯
70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
有 70 个职位暂时保留到明年四月份。
Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.
活动家们为这家受关闭威胁的医院赢得了喘息的机会。
1.【法】缓刑;死刑缓刑期[命令];〈比喻〉(死,痛苦等的)暂免,暂止,暂减,暂缓
1.【法】缓期执行(死刑),暂缓处刑;暂免,暂缓,暂止
1.a decision to stop or delay something bad that was going to happen
2.an official decision not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment
1.to stop or delay something bad that was going to happen
2.to officially decide not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment
1.Some Chinese economists worry out loud that China's massive stimulus-spending might have bought the country only a temporary reprieve.
一些中国经济学家十分担心该国大规模消费刺激[计划]，可能只换来了一个暂时缓刑。
2.In doing so it will have to face up to long-neglected problems, if this is to lead to a true recovery, not just a brief reprieve.
在这么做的时候，如果我们要走向真正的恢复而不是短暂的缓解，我们必须面对我们长久以来所忽视的那些问题。
3.The court said he had been given a two-year reprieve in recognition of his help with other cases.
北京市第一中级人民法院称，鉴于曹文庄对侦破其它案件起到一定帮助，因此给予两年缓期。
4.Sabat is not out of trouble; he did not receive a reprieve, merely a temporary stay of execution.
萨瓦特没有摆脱困境，他没有得到喘息的机会，只是一个暂时停止执行。
5.Since then, presidents have been more likely to eat the turkey rather than give it a reprieve.
从那时开始，比起给这些火鸡缓刑，总统们更喜欢吃掉它们。
6.There was a respite at any rate, which made the timid little Amelia almost as happy as a full reprieve would have done.
眼前暂且无事，胆小的爱米丽亚仿佛象犯人得了缓刑的特赦令那么欢喜。
7.Then a last-minute reprieve came in the jagged shape of a lightening flash across the sky.
出发前的最后一分钟来了特赦令——天空中闪过一道锯齿状的闪电。
8.Four people including Qian himself were sentenced to 18 months in jail, with a two-year reprieve, said the comment.
包括钱自己的四民村民被判处18个月的监禁，缓刑两年。
9.It was a very brief reprieve. We raided the Agency a few days ago.
那只是个令人不太愉快的暂缓。几天前我们袭击了那个杀手机构。
10.In the end, doctors got a six-month reprieve; efforts are now under way in the Senate to extend that reprieve for a further two years.
最后，医生们得到了一个为时六个月的暂缓执行；现在正在参议院努力奔走将暂缓延长为再多两年。