execution

execution 是“执行、实施”的名词，主要指把计划、动作或任务实际做出来；在法律语境中还可指判决、遗嘱或合同的执行，以及死刑执行；在计算机语境中指程序运行。

💡 记忆钩子

把 execution 想成“把事情一路跟到底并落到现实中”：动作或计划被做出来，是“执行方式”和“完成实施”；法院把判决落实，是“执行判决”；程序被机器跑起来，是“执行程序”；法律上把人处死，也是在执行刑罚。

📝 学习建议

不要只把 execution 理解成“处决”；日常和工作语境中，它更常指计划、动作、任务或程序的执行。
先掌握“实施、完成”和“执行方式”这条主线，再学习法律和计算机义项。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 执行方式；实施

📖 指把计划、动作、任务或表演真正做出来的过程，也可以强调做这件事时采用的方式和技巧。它连接着“贯彻到底”这条核心意思。

💡 常用“the execution of + 计划、动作或任务”或“in the execution of + 工作”这样的结构。谈表演、设计或动作时，execution 常指完成得是否准确、漂亮，而不是单纯指“做了”。中文里的“执行”有时可直接对应，但“执行力”不能机械地总译成 execution。

countable uncountable

The plan was good, but its execution was poor.

这个计划很好，但执行得很差。

The dancer impressed us with the precision of her execution.

这位舞者执行动作时的精准度给我们留下了深刻印象。
core 实施完成；完成情况

📖 指某项任务、计划或使命已经被落实并完成的状态或过程，重点是“做成了”。

💡 常见结构是“the successful/effective execution of + 任务或计划”。它强调实施过程或实施结果，不等同于“achievement”所强调的成就本身；修饰它时常用“successful、smooth、timely”等词。

countable uncountable

The successful execution of the mission raised the team's confidence.

任务的成功完成增强了团队的信心。
common 死刑执行；处决

📖 指依法把死刑犯处死的行为，也可指与这一过程有关的行动。这里是“执行刑罚”这一主线的特殊用法。

💡 常见结构是“carry out an execution”“face execution”和“the execution of a prisoner”。在新闻或法律语境中，它通常指死刑执行；不要把普通的“执行任务”误解为暴力含义。

countable uncountable

The court stayed the prisoner's execution.

法院暂缓执行这名囚犯的死刑。
common 执行判决或遗嘱

📖 法律上指把法院判决或遗嘱中的内容正式落实，例如强制履行判决或按遗嘱分配财产。

💡 常见结构是“the execution of a judgment/a will”和“seek execution of + 法律文件”。这是正式法律用语，不能简单理解为普通的“完成”；具体含义要看它后面接的是判决、遗嘱还是其他文件。

countable uncountable

The lawyer applied for execution of the court judgment.

律师申请执行法院判决。
rare 扣押债务人财产

📖 旧式法律用法，指债务人未付款时依法扣押其货物或财产，是把债务判决落实到财产上的做法。

archaic countable uncountable
common 合同正式生效

📖 法律上指完成使合同正式成立并产生约束力的手续，也就是把双方的协议落实为有效合同。

💡 常见结构是“the execution of a contract/agreement”。这里的 execution 不是合同内容的日常履行，而是合同正式签署、成立并生效这一法律过程；正式文件中较常见，日常交谈中可直接说“signing”或“making the agreement”来避免歧义。

countable uncountable

The agreement becomes binding upon execution by both parties.

双方签署后，该协议即具有约束力。
common 程序运行

📖 计算机语境中指机器按照指令运行程序或程序的一部分，是“把指令执行起来”的技术用法。

💡 常见结构是“program execution”“during execution”和“the execution of + 程序”。它通常表示程序运行过程，不是泛指软件安装；技术文章中也常见“execution time”表示运行时间。

countable uncountable

The computer slowed down during execution of the program.

程序运行期间，电脑的速度变慢了。

executions plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 7 组

the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it;

同义词集: performance execution carrying out carrying into action

they criticised his performance as mayor

experience generally improves performance

上位: action 下位: mechanics, mechanism

unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

同义词集: murder slaying execution

上位: homicide 下位: assassination, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, elimination, gore, hit, liquidation, lynching, mass murder, massacre, slaughter

the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

同义词集: execution implementation carrying out

the agency was created for the implementation of the policy

上位: enforcement

putting a condemned person to death

同义词集: execution executing capital punishment death penalty

下位: beheading, burning, burning at the stake, crucifixion, decapitation, electrocution, hanging

a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out

同义词集: execution writ of execution

(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable

同义词集: execution execution of instrument

上位: subscription

(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

同义词集: execution instruction execution

上位: physical process, process

🌳 词源

源自古法语和拉丁语，词源核心是“跟随到底、贯彻到底”，后来发展出“执行、实施”等含义。

From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“to follow out”), from ex (“out”) + sequor (“follow”). Equivalent to execute + -ion.

🔄 变式

executions plural

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