v.缓期执行(死刑)( reprieve的过去式和过去分词 );
例句:
We were reprieved from the danger for a time.
我们暂免危险.
He was sentenced to death but was reprieved by the president.
他被判处死刑但被总统下令缓期执行.
The tree that was due to be cut down has been reprieved for six months.
原定砍伐的那棵树已经推迟六个月再砍.