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 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...
With lively hand, she exemplified cats'whiskers sprouting.她用灵巧的手比划着猫在长胡须.She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin...她现在很老了，戴着圆圆的金属架小眼镜，下巴上还长出了胡须。As well as sp...
Ensign was a retriever, and retrieved everything that wasn't nailed down.“恩塞恩”是一种能寻回猎物的猎犬,无论什么东西,只要不是用钉子钉牢,它都能找回来.I can't get this lid off — It'seems to be nailed down.我打不开这个盖子,好像是被钉住了.The letter was naile...
所有的手提行李都要接受X光检查。All hand baggage would be x-rayed.就手提电脑而言，键盘就显得大而笨重了。The keyboard is a large and clumsy instrument as far as portable computers are concerned.检测员会用一台手提电脑当场给出意见。The surveyor will use a lap-top computer to ...