repeal
英 [rɪˈpiːl]
美 [rɪˈpiːl]
v. 废除，撤销，废止(法规)
n. 撤销; 废除，作废
过去分词：repealed 现在分词：repealing 过去式：repealed 第三人称单数：repeals 复数：repeals
Collins.1 / BNC.12067 / COCA.9535
牛津词典
verb
- 废除，撤销，废止（法规）
if a government or other group or person with authority repeals a law, that law is no longer valid
柯林斯词典
- VERB 废止;废除;撤销
If the governmentrepealsa law, it officially ends it, so that it is no longer valid.- The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities.
政府刚刚废止了不同种族分开使用公共设施的法令。 - Repealis also a noun.
- Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
明年将是禁酒令废除60周年。
- The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities.
英英释义
noun
- the act of abrogating
verb
- cancel officially
- He revoked the ban on smoking
- lift an embargo
- vacate a death sentence
双语例句
- I think what is picking up steam is the understanding that this repeal hurts the middle class of this country.
我认为正在好转的是对这个条例的撤销伤害了我国的中层阶级这一点的理解。 - Republican leaders in Congress are trying to repeal the law outright.
议会中的共和党领导试图彻底废除该法案。 - She was allowed to bring one Private Member's Motion a year, so she would try single-handedly to repeal the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, or propose a minimum wage for blacks.
她被允许每年搞一个起诉下院议员活动，因此她将尝试单独地废除禁止异族通婚法案，或提议一项黑人最低工资制。 - Abortion repeal is not a question of political expediency. it is part of something greater.
废除禁止人工流产法不是一个政治权宜之计的问题。它是一个更大问题的一部分。 - The policy was repealed some months later, although the repeal has not yet been implemented.
“不要问，不要说”政策虽于数月之后被废除，但废除令至今仍未得到真正落实。 - He vowed to repeal the "job-killer" law if elected.
他承诺如果当选，一定会废除这项“扼杀就业”的法案。 - Last week, after countless Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare, and dozens of lawsuits, the Supreme Court rejected the latest challenge to the law.
在共和党无数次试图废除奥巴马医改（Obamacare）以及发生许多诉讼之后，上周最高法院驳回了对该法律的最新挑战。 - He plans to repeal a number of current policies
他计划废除一些当前的政策。 - Persons who make or amend or repeal laws.
制定修改或废止法律的人。 - Many voted for the repeal of that property law.
许多人投票赞成废除那项财产法。