execute: [14] The original meaning of execute in English was ‘carry out’, but the sense ‘kill judicially’ had already developed by the end of the 15th century (it comes from the notion of ‘carrying out’ a sentence). The word comes via Old French executer from medieval Latin executāre, a derivative of Latin exsequī. This, a compound formed from the intensive prefix exand sequī ‘follow’ (source of English consecutive, consequent, obsequious, sequence, subsequent, etc), meant originally ‘follow to the end, pursue’, and hence ‘follow through, carry out, fulfil’.
Its derivative exsequiās ‘funeral procession’ produced English exequies [14]. => consecutive, consequent, obsequious, sequence, subsequent
execute (v.)
late 14c. "to carry into effect" (transitive, mostly in law with reference to warrants, sentences, etc.), also "carry out or accomplish a course of action" (intransitive), from Old French executer (14c.), from Medieval Latin executare, from Latin execut-/exsecut-, past participle stem of exequi/exsequi "to follow out, to follow to the grave," figuratively "to follow, follow after, accompany, follow up, prosecute, carry out, enforce; execute, accomplish; punish, avenge," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Meaning "to inflict capital punishment" is from late 15c., from earlier legal sense "perform judgment or sentence on" (early 15c.). Related: Executed; executing.
雙語例句
1. Make sure that you execute all movements smoothly and without jerking.
一定要保證所有動作自然流暢，不要一頓一頓的。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Windows allows a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.
Windows操作系統允許計算機用戶同時運行多個程序.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.
Windows允許計算機用戶同時運行多個程序.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Some candy ass architectures won't allow EXECUTE instructions to address another EXECUTE instruction the target instruction.
有些編譯器不允許EXECUTE指令象對目標指令那樣對另一個EXECUTE指令 尋址.
來自互聯網
5. Never once did I doubt that I would be able to execute my plan.