| 词汇 | reprieve |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： reprieve (v.) 1571, "take back to prison," from M.E. repryen "to remand, detain" (1494), probably from M.Fr. repris, pp. of reprendre "take back" (see reprise). Meaning "to suspend an impending execution" is recorded from 1596. Sense evolved because being sent back to prison was the alternative to being executed. The noun is first attested 1598. |
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