firing squad

英 [ˈfaɪərɪŋ skwɒd]

美 [ˈfaɪərɪŋ skwɑːd]

n.  行刑队(对判死刑的犯人执行枪决)

牛津词典

noun

• 行刑队（对判死刑的犯人执行枪决）
  a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill sb who is found guilty of a crime
  1. He was executed by (a) firing squad.
     他被行刑队执行枪决。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 行刑队
  Afiring squadis a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill a person who has been found guilty of committing a crime.
  1. He was executed by firing squad.
     他被行刑队枪决了。

英英释义

noun

• a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
  Synonym:firing party

双语例句

• I would line them up in front of a firing squad.
  我要让他们面对行刑队排成一行。
• Four men convicted of murder were executed, three by hanging and the fourth by firing squad.
  被判谋杀罪的四名男子遭到处决，其中三人被处以绞刑，另外一人被枪毙了。
• In the not-so-distant past, management transitions at Ford Motor Co. were much like the firing squad at a South American Banana Republic.
  就在不久前，福特汽车公司（FordMotorCo.）管理层的变更就像是南美香蕉共和国的死刑执行现场。
• The condemned man faced the firing squad with dignity; a convicted criminal.
  那个被宣布有罪的人大义凛然的面对着行刑的队伍；被判有罪的罪犯。
• He was executed by firing squad.
  他被行刑队枪决了。
• The moral equivalent is putting a jaywalker before a firing squad.
  在道义上说，这就相当于把一个乱穿马路的人枪毙。
• And a factory manager in North Korea was shot by a firing squad because he appointed his children as managers and made international phone calls.
  在朝鲜，一个工厂经理被行刑队执行了枪决，因为他任命了他的子女为管理人员，而且他还曾经打过国际电话。
• I imagine they'll get nothing less than a firing squad.
  我想她们得不到任何东西。
• Murat had looked into the eyes of the firing squad without flinching
  穆拉特毫不退缩地直视着执行枪决的行刑队员们的眼睛。
• Ms Sandiford, who may face a firing squad, remains one of the 23,000 or so condemned prisoners around the world.
  可能面对行刑队的Sandiford现在仍是全球约23000个等待执行死刑的犯人之一。