execute/ˋɛksI͵kjut; ˈeksəkjuːt or ˈeksIkjuːt/v [T] 1 to kill someone as a punishment for a crime 将…处死〔作为惩罚〕see box at见 KILL1 方框2 formal to do something that has been planned or ordered【正式】执行﹐实行〔计划或命令〕: a carefully executed plan 一项认真执行的计划 —execution /͵ɛksIˋkjuʃən; ˌeksəˈkjuːʃ$n or ˌeksIˈkjuːʃ$n/n [U]
executeexecuteexecutesexecutedexecutingverb (executes, executing, executed)to kill a person as a legal punishment: He was executed for murder.▶ executionexecutionexecutionsnoun: the execution of prisoners