跟執行有關的（形容詞）
形容詞這一家最貼近核心：替「做決策、抓執行、掌管運作」相關的事物貼標籤，再從「位高薪厚的人」延伸到「替這種人準備的」。
managerial/executive (adj) · adjective · C1
Connected with managing a business or organization and making important decisions.
行政的；決策的
核心畫面
Picture the part of any organization whose job is not to debate or to judge, but to carry decisions out — to take a plan and actually make it happen. That 'putting decisions into action and running things' role is the heart of executive. As an adjective it labels work, people, or branches tied to that decision-and-action role; as a noun it names the person or body who does it; and because such people sit high up, it drifts into meaning 'made for important, well-paid people'.
可以想成一個組織裡負責「把決定執行出來」的那一塊——不是負責爭論、也不是負責審判，而是接過一個計畫，真正讓它落地、運…更多收起
可以想成一個組織裡負責「把決定執行出來」的那一塊——不是負責爭論、也不是負責審判，而是接過一個計畫，真正讓它落地、運作起來。這種「把決定付諸行動、實際掌管運作」的角色，就是 executive 的核心。當形容詞用時，它替跟這種「做決策、抓執行」有關的工作、人或部門貼標籤；當名詞用時，它指的是負責這件事的那個人或那個機構；又因為做這種事的人通常位高薪厚，於是它也順勢帶出「為重要、高收入的人準備的」這層意思。From the word’s history
From Latin exsequi / executus, 'to follow out, carry out, accomplish' (ex- 'out' + sequi 'to follow'). The root idea of following a decision through to completion is exactly the 'carry it out' core that ties the manager, the government branch, and the adjective together.
源自拉丁文 exsequi／executus，意思是「跟到底、執行、完成」（ex-「出」＋ sequi「跟隨」）。這個「把一個決定一路跟到底、做完它」的根本想法，正是把「公司主管」「政府的行政部門」和形容詞用法串在一起的那個「執行」核心。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'execute' / 'executive'
Two branches
負責執行的人或機構（名詞）
名詞這一家把核心的「執行角色」化成具體的人或單位：誰在公司裡拍板做事、誰在政府裡讓法律落實、哪個小組在掌管一個團體。
company executive · noun · C1
A manager in a company or organization who has power and helps make important decisions.
主管；高階經理
原始詞典資料7 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。
executiveadj/ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/
- 1
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
- 2
Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
- executive act
- an executive officer
- 3
Exclusive.
- She works in an office with an executive bathroom.
executivenoun/ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/
- 1
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
- Such, Mr. Cleveland, is the real character of the government, of which you are the nominal head. Such are, and have been, its lawmakers. Such are, and have been, its judges. Such have been its executives. Such is its present executive. Have you anything to say for any of them?
- But as we approach the question of presidential power, we half overcome mental hazards by recognizing them. The opinions of judges, no less than executives and publicists, often suffer the infirmity of confusing the issue of a power's validity with the cause it is invoked to promote, of confounding the permanent executive office with its temporary occupant.
- 2
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.
- 3
A committee that manages the day-to-day running of an organisation. An executive committee.
- She was on the executive of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
- 4
computingengineeringmathematicsA process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- 1973, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems, Fourth Symposium on Operating System Principles The second phase of the executive development proceeded through two steps as stated in Section 2. First, a failsoft executive was developed providing automatic failure detection and recovery […]
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。