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.The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出.It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given...
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。reprieve a condemned prisoner缓期执行被判罪囚犯的刑罚The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出.Commutation is distin...
He was the smoothest and probably the most powerful chief of staff in political memory.在人们关于政治人物的记忆里，他是最精明、可能也是最有权势的参谋长。Arnold was the whitest and the smoothest man.阿诺德可是个最纯净--最有礼的人.Perhaps this is the smoothest and stea...
Microfibre fabrics are three times finer than cotton.微纤维织物比棉布精细3倍。Sand is finer than gravel.沙子比碎石细.He has become something of a stickler for the finer observances of royal protocol.他已经变得非常刻板，哪怕是最细微的皇室礼仪也会遵循。...
I have never uttered one word of untruth.我从未说过一句假话。The untruth has been brought home to him.对那谎言他已深信不疑.On the other hand, there is surely such a thing as untruth.另一方面, 慌言这种东西肯定是存在的....
Our point here is that all ancestries have all experiences therein.这里我们的重点是,其中所有祖先都经历了所有事件.No doubt many of them have ancestries stretching back to the Ming Dynasty.毫无疑问,它们当中许多的祖先可以追溯到明朝....