reprieve英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.

— The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.
A document authorizing such an action.
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.
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.

动词 v.

To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution. transitive
To bring relief to someone. transitive

— Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
To take back to prison (in lieu of execution). obsolete,transitive
To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something). transitive

— 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.

词形变化

reprieves present,singular,third-person reprieving participle,present reprieved participle,past reprieved past repryve alternative reprive alternative reprieves plural repryve alternative reprive alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

reprievable reprieval unreprieved

词源

词源 1

First 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.

词源 2

First 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.