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...
But, of course, the 100,000 Iraqis were not snakes.但是, 10万名伊拉克人当然不是蛇.The provincial elections show that Iraqis have an appetite for it.这次大行政区选举表明:伊拉克人渴望有这样的选举.Stability of Iraq is contingent a domestic pact among Iraqis....
A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers' by grabbing the raiders' shotgun...一位勇敢的警长夺过了意图袭击珠宝店的劫匪手中的猎枪，挫败了这起持械抢劫案。The raiders continued on their mission — to seek out and destroy American air...
The smuggler is in prison tonight, awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱, 等待引渡到英国.The smuggler was finally obliged to inform against his boss.那个走私犯最后不得不告发他的首领.That drug smuggler will live the rest of his life behind...