reprieve GRE

1.The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.

这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。

2.The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.

本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。

3.He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.

最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。