Repeal
[rɪ'piːl] or [rɪ'pil]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons.
(v. t.) To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.
(v. t.) To suppress; to repel.
(n.) Recall, as from exile.
(n.) Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
整理:伊冯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Abrogate (a law), rescind, REVOKE, annul, cancel, abolish, set aside, do away, make void.
n. Abrogation, revocation, rescission, rescinding, annulment.
手打:罗纳德
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN: Abolish, revoke, rescind, cancel, annul,recal, abrogate, reverse, discontinue, rescind, make_void
ANT:Continue, establish, pass, institute, sanction, enact, perpetuate, confirm
SYN:Abrogation, rescission, revocation, annulment
ANT:Continuance, establishment, perpetuation
克利奥校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to revoke by authority as a law: to abrogate: to recall: to dismiss.—n. a revoking or annulling.—ns. Repealabil′ity Repeal′ableness.—adj. Repeal′able that may be repealed.—ns. Repeal′er one who repeals: one who seeks for a repeal esp. of the union between Great Britain and Ireland; Repeal′ment recall.—Repeal agitation a movement for the repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland.
校對:莫利
例句/造句/用法:
- For the repeal of your terrible law--the Orders you hate so much. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Repeal this law, and you will soon see a change in their manners; _Saint Monday_ and _Saint Tuesday_ will soon cease to be holydays. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Will the repeal do you good--_much_ good, _immediate_ good? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Their repeal was greeted by riotous rejoicings in London, more hearty even than those in the colonies. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They went so far as to repeal, after a spirited and acrimonious debate, the ordinance of secession. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The repeal of the Orders in Council saves me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But it has stood all attacks, and went on well, notwithstanding the Assembly repealed its charter. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- This tax was afterwards repealed, and in the room of it was established the window-tax, which has undergone two several alterations and augmentations. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The act was too unfair to stand, and after a time was repealed. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- This was stiffly resisted, the British crown was intimidated, and the Stamp Acts were repealed (1766). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The act, after some opposition, was repealed, about a year after it was enacted, and before it had ever been carried into execution. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The law was repealed by Henry I in 1100, but the bell continued to be rung in many districts to modern times and probably may still be heard. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
整理:薇尔玛