If the Sun so willingly leaves us, each morning it returns is a stay of execution, an undeserved gift.

如果太阳这么想扔下我们不管，每天清晨它的返回都是一种缓期执行，是一件我们不配得到的礼物。

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Lawyers for Richard raced to file an appeal that would put a stay on his execution, which was due to take place that evening, but they were delayed by computer glitches.

里查德的律师抓紧时间提出上诉要求推迟原定于晚上执行的死刑，但是由于电脑故障而耽搁了。

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The project was within hours of bankruptcy when MGM's bankers agreed to a stay of execution.

最后，就在离破产还有几小时的时候，美高梅的贷款银行们同意延期执行债务追讨，这个项目才免于破产。

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After a last minute delay of the execution of Troy Davis, the US Supreme Court refused to grant Davis a stay of execution.

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You can think of this as a stay of execution for the Greek authorities.

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To treat it as an object of nostalgia achieves only a temporary stay of execution.

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