stay of execution

基本解釋

The court granted the company a two weeks stay of execution.
法院準(zhǔn)予公司有兩周的延緩執(zhí)行判決的時間。
Sabat is not out of trouble; he did not receive a reprieve, merely a temporary stay of execution.
薩瓦特沒有擺脫睏境，他沒有得到喘息的機(jī)會，衹是一個暫時停止執(zhí)行。
Although bank shares recovered slightly after Mr Bernanke's comments, that says more about shareholders' relief at the stay of execution than about a sudden improvement in the banks' prospects.
雖然在伯南尅的講話後，銀行股略有反彈，但相比銀行業(yè)前景的突然改善，伯南尅先生的講話更多的衹是寬慰了私人投資者。

You can think of this as a stay of execution for the Greek authorities.
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But only last month the owner had won a stay of execution until the end of the summer season.
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If you are given a stay of execution, you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.