English Dictionary

reprieve

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹɪˈpɹiːv/

名詞

The cancellation or postponement of a punishment. / A document authorizing such an action. / Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.

日本語の意味

刑罰の取消または延期 / そのような行為を許可する書類 / （特に一時的な）苦痛などからの救済

The governor granted a last-minute reprieve, delaying the prisoner's execution until a full review could be completed.

知事は土壇場で刑の執行停止を認め、全面的な再検討が完了するまで受刑者の処刑を延期した。

意味（1）

The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.

The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.

意味（2）

A document authorizing such an action.

意味（3）

Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.

Yet it was not easy, on the balance of play, to be convinced by Pellegrini and his defeated players that the reprieve might somehow be a defining moment over the two legs.

意味（4）

A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.

At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service.

reprieves （ plural ）