The two men face execution (= They will be killed as a punishment ).
两名男子面临处决。
Torture and summary execution (= execution without a trial or any legal process ) are common.
严刑拷打和不经审判就地处决相当普遍。
He was granted a stay of execution (= delay in carrying out an execution ).
他被准予缓期处决。
n. [计]执行,实行;完成;死刑
enforcement、
completion、
achievement、
performance、
implementing
abbr. exec
adj. executive、 executed、 executable、 executory、 executorial
n. executive、 executor、 exec、 executioner、 executant、 executrix
v. executed
vt. execute