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...
Before the beer can be bottled it has to be fined.啤酒在装瓶之前要使其澄清。They fined him ten dollars.他们判他10美元罚金。He was fined for speeding last year.他去年因超速行驶被罚了款。Five soldiers were each fined £140 for swiping a wheelchair from a dis...
Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.由于出生率下降，产科服务会随之削减。In consequence of your bad work I am forced to dismiss you.由于你的工作很糟,我不得不把你解雇.In consequence he lost his place.结果,他失去了他的位置....
Our team of experts will be on hand to offer help and advice between 12 noon and 7pm daily.每天中午12点到下午7点，我们的专家小组将随时提供帮助和建议。The conference chairman has set a deadline of noon tomorrow...会议主席将明天中午定为截止日期。The route had been r...
Wealthy tourists are tempting targets for bag snatchers.富有的游客很容易成为抢包贼的目标。It is tempting to idealize the past.人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。It was a tempting offer.这是个诱人的提议。...