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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   reprieve

   • IPA[rəˈprēv]

   美式

   • v.
     cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death)；abandon or postpone plans to close or put an end to (something)
   • n.
     a cancellation or postponement of a punishment；a temporary escape from an undesirable fate or unpleasant situation

   • verb: reprieve, 3rd person present: reprieves, gerund or present participle: reprieving, past tense: reprieved, past participle: reprieved

   • noun: reprieve, plural noun: reprieves

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death) under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved 同義詞 grant a stay of execution to, cancel/postpone/commute/remit someone's punishment, pardon, spare, acquit, ... 更多grant an amnesty to, amnesty, informallet off, let off the hook, archaicrespite反義詞 charge, punish
   • ▪ abandon or postpone plans to close or put an end to (something) the threatened pits could be reprieved 同義詞 save, rescue, grant a stay of execution to, give a respite to, informaltake off the hit list

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a cancellation or postponement of a punishment he accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve
   • ▪ a temporary escape from an undesirable fate or unpleasant situation a mother who faced eviction has been given a reprieve