2N-COUNT [oft byNOUN]搜查令;拘捕令;令状 A warrant is a legal document that allows someone to do something, especially one that is signed by a judge or magistrate and gives the police permission to arrest someone or search their house. 搜查令;拘捕令;令状
Police confirmed that they had issued a warrant for his arrest. [+ for]
3N-UNCOUNT [oft with brd-neg, usu Nfor n/-ing]正当理由 If you say that there is no warrant for something, you mean that there is no good reason to justify it. 正当理由 [formal]
There is some warrant for holding back on full-scale aid.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WARRANT | WARRANT + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤arrest, death, search逮捕證;死刑執行令;搜查證◇The king refused to sign the death warrant for his old friend.國王拒絕簽署他老朋友的死刑執行令。➤royal (BrE) (向英國王室供貨的)英廷供貨許可證➤outstanding未執行的令狀◇He has an outstanding warrant for his arrest.逮捕他的令狀未得到執行。➤bench (NAmE) 法官逮捕令◇The judge issued a bench warrant.法官發出了逮捕令。➤criminal, judicial (both NAmE) 司法令狀VERB + WARRANT➤authorize, grant, issue, serve, sign批准令狀;簽發命令;送交令狀;簽署授權令◇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。➤get, obtain接到令狀;取得授權令▸➤execute執行⋯令◇Police who executed a search warrant found a substantial amount of stolen property on the premises.執行搜捕令的警察發現該場所內有大量的失竊物品。➤need, require需要令狀;要求授權令➤seek尋求令狀WARRANT + NOUN➤card (BrE) 警察證PHRASES➤without a warrant沒有授權令◇In certain circumstances, police may enter premises without a warrant.在特定情況下,警察進入場所內搜查無需授權令。➤warrant for⋯的授權令warrant
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ADVERB | VERB + WARRANTADVERB➤hardly幾乎無必要◇The TV appearance was so brief that it hardly warranted comment.在電視上露面的時間太短了,幾乎不值得作任何評論。➤certainly, clearly無疑地/清楚地證明⋯有理VERB + WARRANT➤be important enough to, be serious enough to, be severe enough to重要到/嚴重到/嚴峻到有必要⋯◇They do not consider the case serious enough to warrant an investigation.他們認為情況沒有嚴重到需要進行調查。