sign a death warrant 签署死刑令
act as a death warrant 起到致命作用a death warrant for something 某事的灭顶之灾
1. The judge signed the death warrant for the prisoner.
法官为囚犯签署了死刑执行令。
2. This new policy could be a death warrant for small local businesses.
这项新政策可能会成为当地小企业的灭顶之灾。
3. Many believe the scandal was the death warrant of his political career.
许多人认为这起丑闻终结了他的政治生涯。
A: Do you think the loss of this contract is a death warrant for the company?
A：你认为失去这份合同会是公司的灭顶之灾吗？
B: The court has issued a death warrant following the guilty verdict.
B：在定罪后，法院已签发了死刑执行令。
1) 法律：处死犯人的死刑令
2) 比喻：导致毁灭或失败的事物
1. 死刑执行令
e.g. The prisoner is awaiting his death warrant.
囚犯正在等待他的死刑执行令。
2. 导致失败或死亡的事物
noun
1. a legal document that orders the execution of a person
2. something that will cause the end or failure of something
Synonym: doom, ruin