death warrant

英 [ˈdeθ wɒrənt]

美 [ˈdeθ wɔːrənt]

n.  死刑执行令

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 死刑执行令
  an official document stating that sb should receive the punishment of being killed for a crime that they have committed
  1. The President signed the death warrant .
     总统签署了死刑执行令。
  2. If you pay the ransom, you may be signing your son's death warrant.
     如果你付赎金，可能就要了你儿子的命。
  3. By withdrawing the funding, the government signed the project's death warrant.
     政府撤回资金，也就是对这项工程判了死刑。

柯林斯词典

• 死刑执行令
  Adeath warrantis an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
• PHRASE 自寻死路;自取灭亡
  If you say that someoneis signing their own death warrant, you mean that they are behaving in a way which will cause their ruin or death.
  1. By accusing the King of murder, he signed his own death warrant.
     他指控国王谋杀，从而让自己走上了绝路。

英英释义

noun

• a warrant to execute the death sentence

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