repeal

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n. 废止, 撤消 vt. 废止, 撤消, 放弃

发音

US /ɹəˈpiːl/

词形变化

repeals 复数 repeals repealed repealest repealeth repealing repeals 三单 repealing 现在分词 repealed 过去式 repealed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act or instance of repealing.

    可数 不可数

    Wednesday June 02, 2021, Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctrine of “implied repeal”.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cancel, invalidate, annul.

    撤消

    废除

    及物

    to repeal a law

    1776, Samuel Johnson, letter to James Boswell, cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, p. 8, As manners make laws, manners likewise repeal them.

  2. 2.

    To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.

  3. 3.

    To suppress; to repel.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

annulment abrogation

上位词 1

cancellation

下位词 4

vacation recall derogation revocation
动词

同义词 8

lift reverse vacate revoke overturn rescind annul countermand

上位词 2

cancel strike down

下位词 2

renege go back on

词源

From Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.

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