death warrants

美 [deθ ˈwɔːrənts]英 [deθ ˈwɒrənts]
  • n.死刑执行令
  • death warrant的复数
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death warrants

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  • 1
    N-COUNT 死刑执行令
    A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.

  • 2
    PHRASE 自寻死路;自取灭亡
    If you say that someone is signing their own death warrant, you mean that they are behaving in a way which will cause their ruin or death.

    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。

  1. A lack of the drug also led Kentucky 's governor to put death warrants for two inmates on hold .

    缺乏这种药物也让肯塔基州政府暂停了两个囚犯的死刑执行令。

  2. The order to hang the four convicts came after the parents of the victim asked the court to seek death warrants against them .

    受害者父母要求法院对四名罪犯执行死刑后,法院下达了绞刑的命令。