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the executor of [one's] will
executor 常与 will 连用，指按遗嘱条款处理遗产的人。
His daughter is the executor of his will.
他的女儿是他遗嘱的执行人。
遗嘱执行人
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遗嘱执行人
executor
His daughter is the executor of his will.
他的女儿是他遗嘱的执行人。
执行者；执行某项任务的人。
A person who carries out some task.
执行器；系统中执行或运行某事的组件。
A component of a system that executes or runs something.
遗嘱执行人；由立遗嘱人指定管理遗产并执行遗嘱的人。
Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.
The executor must follow the instructions in the will.
遗嘱执行人必须遵循遗嘱中的指示。
She chose her brother as the executor because she trusted him.
她选择哥哥作为遗嘱执行人，因为她信任他。
The lawyer asked the executor to provide a list of all the property.
律师要求遗嘱执行人提供一份全部财产的清单。
executor 常与 will 连用，指按遗嘱条款处理遗产的人。
His daughter is the executor of his will.
他的女儿是他遗嘱的执行人。
appoint sb executor 和 appoint sb as executor 意思相同。
She appointed her close friend as executor of the estate.
她指定一位密友为遗产执行人。
serve as executor 是正式说法。
She served as executor of her father's estate.
她担任父亲的遗产执行人。
Not this
My aunt named me as the executer of her will.
Use this
My aunt named me as the executor of her will.
表示‘遗嘱执行人’要用固定拼写 executor，不能按 execute 加 -er 的规则类推写成 executer；这个词是法律术语，以 -or 结尾。
Not this
The executor for the will failed to file the required documents.
Use this
The executor of the will failed to file the required documents.
executor 后接遗嘱或遗产时要用介词 of，表示所属关系；for 是受中文‘为…’影响而产生的介词误用。
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指定遗嘱执行人
She appointed her lawyer as executor.
她指定她的律师为遗嘱执行人。
担任遗嘱执行人
He agreed to serve as executor for his aunt's estate.
他同意为他姑妈的遗产担任遗嘱执行人。
指定的遗嘱执行人
The named executor must submit an inventory of the assets.
指定的遗嘱执行人必须提交资产清单。
遗嘱执行人
The executor of the will distributed the property to the heirs.
遗嘱执行人将财产分配给了继承人。
遗产执行人
The executor of the estate paid all the deceased's debts.
遗产执行人清偿了死者的所有债务。
共同遗嘱执行人
They appointed their two sons as joint executors.
他们指定他们的两个儿子为共同遗嘱执行人。
电影《星球大战2：帝国反击战》台词：那是“执行者号”战舰，长官。
Her lawyer, as executor of the estate, paid all the debts before distributing the inheritance.
她的律师作为遗嘱执行人，先还清全部债务，再分配遗产。
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把 executor 拆成 execute（执行）+ or，即执行遗嘱的人；读音 igˈzekjutə，别与 executioner（刽子手）混淆。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文书、遗嘱认证与遗产管理 该词多用于正式的法律语境，通常指负责执行遗嘱条款的人；日常口语中较少使用，常见于遗嘱、法律文件或遗产处理讨论中。
没有常见单词与 executor 的重读音节 /ˈzekjutə/ 完全押韵。prosecutor 和 persecutor 虽然以 -cutor 结尾，但重音在第一个音节，发音与 executor 不同；execute、execution、executive 与 executor 共享拼写 execut-，但重音或尾音不同，也不押韵。
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