repriever

• n.reprieve的变形

reprieve[ri'pri:v]

• vt.
  • 缓刑(尤指缓期执行死刑)：

    The prisoner condemned to death was reprieved for two years.

    判死刑的罪犯被缓刑两年执行。

  • 暂减(痛苦、烦恼等)；暂时缓解：

    Our school has been reprieved from insufficient financial resources.

    我们学校财力不足的困境现已暂时得到缓解。

• n.
  • (尤指死刑的)缓刑
  • 缓刑令
  • (痛苦、烦恼等的)缓解，暂缓
• 变形:

  vt.reprieved.reprieving