喜樂美語

Picture something that already exists only on paper — a plan, an order, a court's decision, a line of code — and then the moment it stops being words and actually happens. Someone follows it through to the end. The word does not name the plan; it names the doing of it, and often how well the doing was done.

可以想成：有件事本來只存在於紙上——一個計畫、一道命令、一份判決、一行程式——然後它不再是字，而是真的發生了：有人把它從頭跟到尾做完。execution 指的不是那個計畫，而是「把它做出來」這個動作本身，有時候還連帶指「做得好不好」。連最嚇人的「處決」也是從這裡來的，那原本是法院判決被執行的意思。

From the word’s history

From Latin executionem 'an accomplishing', from exequi 'to follow out'; in late 14c. English it meant 'a carrying out, a putting into effect, enforcement (of a law)'. The 'putting to death' sense (mid-14c.) came from Middle English legal phrases like don execution of deth, 'carry out a sentence of death' — so the killing sense is a shortening of 'carrying out the sentence'.

來自拉丁文 executionem「完成」，動詞 exequi 是「跟到底、follow out」。十四世紀末的英文裡它指「實行、使生效、（法律的）執行」。「處決」這個意思（十四世紀中）來自中古英文的法律用語 don execution of deth，也就是「執行死刑判決」——換句話說，處決是「執行判決」被講久了省略掉後半段的結果，並不是另一個字。

Etymonline, 'execution' — https://www.etymonline.com/word/execution

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carrying outperformancekillingimplementationdeliverycapital punishmenttechniqueputting to deathcompletionproductionenforcementrunning+3

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

executionnoun/ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/

  • 1

    The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).

    • Already the poor man saw himself crowned by the might of his arm Emperor of Trebizond at least; and so, led away by the intense enjoyment he found in these pleasant fancies, he set himself forthwith to put his scheme into execution.
  • 2

    The state of being accomplished.

    • The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.
  • 3

    The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.

    • Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.
  • 4

    lawThe carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.

  • 5

    archaicSpecifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment.

    • There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds.
  • 6

    lawThe formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.

  • 7

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.

    • The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。