vt.

1. 实施，实行；执行；履行
   The government had difficulty in executing the policy.

   政府在实施该项政策时遇到困难。

2. 将……处死
   The murderer was executed on the gallows.

   杀人犯被处绞刑。

3. 制作（艺术品等）
4. 演奏（乐曲等）；扮演（角色等）
   The part of Othello was badly executed.

   奥赛罗这个角色演得不好。

5. 【律】（经签名盖章等手续）使（证书等）生效；执行（判决，遗嘱等）
   He asked his lawyer to execute his will.

   他请他的律师执行遗嘱。

v.

1. put (a plan, order, etc.) into effect.
   ▸perform (an activity or manoeuvre).
   ▸Law  make (a legal instrument) valid by signing or sealing it.
   ▸Law  carry out (a judicial sentence, the terms of a will, or other order).
   ▸Computing  run (a file or program).
2. carry out a sentence of death on (a condemned person).