reprieve
reprieve /ɹɪˈpɹiːv/ nghĩa là hoãn thi hành án, ân xá
Các nghĩa
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hoãn thi hành án, ân xá
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
Sami was granted a reprieve.
Tom has been granted a reprieve.
We've been granted only a temporary reprieve.
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làm dịu, giải tỏa
To bring relief to someone.
Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
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hoãn, đình chỉ
To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something).
Dạng khác
- reprieves present, singular, third-person
- reprieving participle, present
- reprieved participle, past