a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice 逮捕证;搜查证;授权令 magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest. 治安官签发了一份逮捕他的逮捕证。 an extradition warrant. 引渡授权令。 ■a document that entitles the holder to receive goods, money, or services 提货(款)凭单;接受服务单据 we'll issue you with a travel warrant. 我们将给你签发一张通行证。 ■(Finance)a negotiable security allowing the holder to buy shares at a specified price at or before some future date (财政)认股权证 ■[mass noun][usu. with negative]justification or authority for an action, belief, or feeling 正当理由;依据 there is no warrant for this assumption. 这个假设没有依据。
an official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer 准尉委任书
verb [with obj.]
justify or necessitate (a certain course of action) 证明(某个行动过程)正当(或必要) there is not enough new evidence to warrant a reference to the Court of Appeal. 还没有足够的新证据证明有必要提交给上诉法院。 ■officially affirm or guarantee 正式确认;保证 the vendor warrants the accuracy of the report. 卖主保证报告的准确性。
常用词组 I ( I'll) warrant (you)
(dated)used to express the speaker's certainty about a fact or situation (旧)我敢说 I'll warrant you'll thank me for it in years to come. 我敢说,几年之后你会感激我的。
派生 warranter noun 语源
Middle English (in the senses 'protector' and 'safeguard', also, as a verb, 'keep safe from danger'): from variants of Old French guarant (noun), guarantir (verb), of Germanic origin; compare with guarantee