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.