death war·rant
noun/ˈdeθ wɒrənt/
/ˈdeθ wɔːrənt/
- an official document stating that somebody 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。 - The king refused to sign the death warrant for his old friend.
国王拒绝签署他老朋友的死刑执行令。
- The president signed the death warrant.