reprieve

释义

n. 缓刑, 缓刑令, 暂缓\nvt. 暂时解救, 缓期执行

例句

Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.

因谋杀前总理而等受绞刑的十四个人获得缓刑。