VERB
對(duì)…緩期執(zhí)行，撤銷…的刑罰
If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
例句
Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.
因謀殺前首相而即將處以絞刑的14個(gè)人已獲緩刑。