| 词组 | execution |
| 释义 | execution /ˌeksəˈkjuːʃən, ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃən/ noun the act of killing someone, especially as a legal punishmentadjectivesa public execution (=which ordinary people can watch) The last public execution in England was held in 1868.a mock execution (=in which people pretend they are going to kill someone) The guards gave him a mock execution.a political execution During the 1930s political executions were common in Stalin’s Russia.a mass execution (=in which many people are killed at the same time) Evidence of a mass execution of young men has been found.summary execution (=in which someone is killed immediately, without a trial) Churchill demanded the summary execution of Nazi leaders.verbscarry out an execution The execution was carried out early the next morning.face execution He faces execution for the murder of his brother.await execution formal (=be waiting to be executed) More than 3,300 prisoners currently await execution in US prisons.order sb’s execution The judge ordered his execution.watch/witness an execution A crowd had gathered to witness the execution.delay an execution The court agreed to delay the execution while they looked at new evidence.stop/halt an execution The US Supreme Court stopped his execution, just minutes before he was to be killed.escape execution The man was lucky to escape execution.an execution takes place The execution took place the following day.phrasesa stay of execution (=an order that an execution should be delayed) Saddam’s lawyers asked a US judge for a stay of execution.death by execution They face death by execution. |
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