execution
英[,eksɪ'kjuːʃ(ə)n]
美[,ɛksɪ'kjuʃən]
- n. 执行，实行；完成；死刑
英英释意
- 1. putting a condemned person to death
- 2. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it;
- "they criticised his performance as mayor"
- "experience generally improves performance"
- 3. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- 4. (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
- 5. a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
- 6. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order;
- "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
- 7. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being