abolition
英[?b?'l??(?)n]
美[,?b?'l???n]
- n. 廢除；廢止
助記提示
1. ab- + ol- "al-, nourish" + -ition.
2. => away from grow/nourish, off from grow/nourish. => retard the growth of, destroy, cause to die out.
英文詞源
- abolition (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French abolition or directly from Latin abolitionem (nominative abolitio) "an abolition," noun of action from past participle stem of abolere "destroy" (see abolish). Specific application to "opposition to the black slave trade as a political question" is first attested 1788.
雙語例句
- 1. the abolition of slavery
- 奴隸制的廢除
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. the abolition of serfdom in Russia in 1861
- 1861年農奴制在俄國的廢除
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Abraham Lincoln campaigned for the abolition of slavery, he succeeded.
- 亞伯拉罕·林肯曾為廢除奴隸制而戰, 他成功了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. They declared for the abolition of slavery.
- 他們聲明贊成廢除奴隸制度.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. They preach the abolition of established systems but prose nothing to replace them.
- 他們竭力主張廢除固有的制度,但沒有提出代替這些制度的任何建議.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》