照既定內容做到底（一般、電腦、法律）
這一族就是核心畫面本身，只是「紙上的東西」換成計畫、程式碼或遺囑。
execute, carry out a plan · verb · C2
To carry out a plan, order, or piece of work that has already been thought out in detail.
執行
核心畫面
You can think of it as taking something that already exists only as a plan — an order, a design, a set of instructions — and carrying it all the way through to the end so that it actually happens in the world. The thinking is already done; execute is the part where it stops being on paper.
有一個東西目前只存在於「紙上」——一道命令、一份計畫、一份設計圖、一串指令——而 execute 就是把它一路走完、…更多收起
有一個東西目前只存在於「紙上」——一道命令、一份計畫、一份設計圖、一串指令——而 execute 就是把它一路走完、走到實際發生為止。重點有兩個。第一，該想的已經想完了：execute 不包含「決定要做什麼」，它接手的是已經定好的內容。第二，是「走到底」：不是開始做、不是做一半，而是照著走完整條路，讓紙上的東西在現實裡真的成立。所以這個字在英文裡帶著一種冷靜、專業、不帶情緒的味道——你是在完成一件已經被決定的事。From the word’s history
From Latin exsequor "to follow through, follow to the end", from ex- ("out") + sequor ("to follow") — already used in Latin for going through with a deed or a punishment.
來自拉丁文 exsequor，由 ex-（出去）加 sequor（跟隨）組成，字面是「跟著走出去、跟到底」。拉丁文裡它已經專門用在「把一件事或一項處罰執行到底」上。這條字源幾乎原封不動地撐著現代的核心畫面：execute 的動作永遠是「跟著某個既定的東西走完」——跟著命令走完是執行，跟著判決走完就是處決。同一個 sequor 也在 sequence（順序）、consequence（後果）裡，都是「一個接一個地跟下去」。
Wiktionary, "execute" (Old French executer, from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor, from ex- + sequor)
Three branches
處決：把判決跟到最後一步
還是「照既定內容做到底」，只是這裡被執行的內容是一紙死刑判決。
execute, put to death · verb · C2
To kill a person as a punishment, most often as an official act of a court or government.
處決
漂亮地做出來：技術與創作
同樣是「把構想化為現實」，但焦點從「有沒有做完」移到「做得多好」，因此帶上了技巧的評價。
execute, perform skillfully · verb · C2
To do a hard action or movement with skill, especially in sport, dance, or music.
完成
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
executeverb/ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/
- 1
To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
- There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.
- According to international treaties, it is illegal to execute prisoners of war.
- 2
To carry out; to put into effect.
- Your orders have been executed, sir!
- I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.
- 3
To perform.
- to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly
- to execute a turn in ballet
- 4
lawTo carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- to execute a contract
- 5
computingengineeringmathematicsTo start, launch, or run.
- to execute a program
- 6
computingengineeringmathematicsTo run, usually successfully.
- The program executed, but data problems were discovered.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。