- [countable]
a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something 執行令;授權令 an arrest warrant 逮捕證 - warrant for something
They issued a warrant for her arrest. 當局發出了逮捕她的令狀。 - warrant to do something
They had a warrant to search the house. 他們有搜查這座房子的搜查令。
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1In certain circumstances, police may enter premises without a warrant. 在特定情況下,警察進入場所内搜查無需授權令。 The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest. 專員發出了對她的逮捕令。 The police served a warrant on him. 警方將令狀送交給他。 Federal agents tried to serve arrest warrants on him for firearms offences. 聯邦探員試圖以槍支犯罪向他發出逮捕令。 The police arrived with a warrant to search the house. 警察帶着搜查房子的搜查令來了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- arrest
- death
- search
- …
- authorize
- grant
- issue
- …
- card
- without a warrant
- warrant for
- [countable] warrant (for something)
a document that gives you the right to receive money, services, etc. (接受款項、服務等的)憑單,許可證 the issue of warrants for equity shares 發行認股權證
- [uncountable] warrant (for something/for doing something) (formal)
(usually in negative sentences )通常用於否定句 an acceptable reason for doing something (做某事的)正當理由,依據
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘protector’ and ‘safeguard’, also, as a verb, ‘keep safe from danger’): from variants of Old French guarant (noun), guarantir (verb), of Germanic origin; compare with guarantee.