Executioner
[eksɪ'kjuːʃ(ə)nə] or ['ɛksɪ'kjʊʃənɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant.
博妮塔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who executes; an executer.
(n.) One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He was coming up from the Piraeus outside the north wall, and he passed a spot where there were dead bodies lying by the executioner. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Also it would seem he screamed when the executioner removed his bandages. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- As freely as ever victim forgave her executioner. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Who, taking his stand on the floor before them as chief executioner, would be attended by a conventional volunteer boy as executioner's assistant. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- A nod to the executioner was sufficient. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- If a person has the audacity to say the contrary, the answer is--Then why do criminals require the hand of the executioner, and not die of themselves? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
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