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death warrant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈdeath ˌwarrant noun [countable]  1. SCLan official document stating that someone is to be killed as a punishment 死刑执行令2 HARM/BE BAD FORsomething that is likely to cause you very serious trouble, or even your death 可能带来极大麻烦[死亡]的事 By indulging in casual sex, many teenagers could be signing their own death warrants. 许多青少年随意与人发生性关系并沉迷于此,这等于在自寻死路。
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death warrantMagnets are a death warrant to computer disks.If he does, he is signing his death warrant.Perhaps that was his death warrant.Although he did not sign the king's death warrant, he was present at his execution.I have already signed the death warrant.
ˈdeath ˌwarrant nounChineseSyllable
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death warrant
ˈdeath ˌwarrant noun [countable]
1. an official document stating that someone is to be killed as a punishment
2. something that is likely to cause you very serious trouble, or even your death:
    By indulging in casual sex, many teenagers could be signing their own death warrants.


death warrantBrE /ˈdeθ wɒrənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdeθ wɔːrənt/ 🔊, /ˈdeθ wɑːrənt/ 🔊 nounan official document stating that sb 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。🔊🔊