英美人天天都在说的4000句 165: split hairs

[00:01]V：Bless me father for I have...
[00:02]C：Sinned! Yes, I know, yon're very good at that!
[00:06]You shattered the Rose Window.
[00:07]V：Not to split hairs.
[00:08]C：Thirteenth century. I wish you a week in hell for that.
[00:11]V：It would be a nice reprieve¹.
[00:13]C：Your results are unquestionable,
[00:16]but your methods attract far too much attention.
[00:18]V：Why don't you and the Order do something about it?

1 reprieve   

n.暂缓执行（死刑）；v.缓期执行；给…带来缓解

参考例句：

• 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 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。