reprieve
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an executionTo cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
» Tom has been granted a reprieve.
Значение
значений: 4(переходный)To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
(переходный)To bring relief to someone.
(переходный)To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something).
(устаревшее, переходный)To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
Примеры
предложений: 5Tom has been granted a reprieve.
We've been granted only a temporary reprieve.
Sami was granted a reprieve.
The governor issued a reprieve hours before Tom was set to be executed by lethal injection.
I'm happy to hear that grandma is doing better, even though the doctors say it's just reprieve.
Переводы
языков: 2Происхождение
First use appears c. 1513 in the writings of Robert Fabyan. In the sense of “to take backFirst use appears c. 1513 in the writings of Robert Fabyan. In the sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), possibly from Middle French repris, in the form of reprendre (“take back”); a cognate to reprise. The sense has become generalized, but does retain connotations of punishment and execution. The noun's first use appears c. 1592.
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Формы
reprieves, reprieving, reprieved, reprievedСинонимы
синонимов: 1- postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution:respite
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 6Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени