Execute



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 执行, 履行; 将某人处死
• ［英］ v. 执行, 履行 ( carry out) ; 将某人处死 ( kill sb as a legal punishment)
• ［同］ 派生词: execution ( n. 执行, 实行)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-cuted; -cuting)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French executer, from execucion execution
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to carry out fully ; put completely into effect <execute a command>
  • 2. to do what is provided or required by <execute a decree>
  • 3. to put to death especially in compliance with a legal sentence
  • 4. to make or produce (as a work of art) especially by carrying out a design
  • 5. to perform what is required to give validity to <execute a deed>
  • 6. play <execute a piece of music>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to perform properly or skillfully the fundamentals of a sport or of a particular play <never had a team execute better — Bobby Knight>
  • 2. to perform indicated tasks according to encoded instructions — used of a computer program or routine
• Synonyms: see kill, perform
• ? executable adjective

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