death warrant

noun

/ˈdeθ wɒrənt/

/ˈdeθ wɔːrənt/

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an official document stating that somebody should receive the punishment of being killed for a crime that they have committed死刑执行令
- The president signed the death warrant.总统签署了死刑执行令。
- 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。
- (figurative) 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。
- The king refused to sign the death warrant for his old friend.国王拒绝签署他老朋友的死刑执行令。