repeal
英[r?'pi?l]
美[r?'pil]
- vt. 廢除；撤銷；廢止；放棄；否定
- n. 廢除；撤銷
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?repeals;過去式:?repealed;過去分詞:?repealed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?repealing;
助記提示
1、re- "back" + appeal.
2、含義：call back.
中文詞源
repeal 廢除，廢止
來自古法語 rapeler,叫回，撤消，來自 re-,向后，往回，apeler,呼叫，詞源同 appeal.引申詞義 廢除，廢止。
英文詞源
- repeal
- repeal: see appeal
- repeal (v.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French repeler, Old French rapeler "call back, call in, call after, revoke" (Modern French rappeler), from re- "back" (see re-) + apeler "to call" (see appeal (v.)). Related: Repealed; repealing.
- repeal (n.)
- late 15c., from repeal (v.), or from Anglo-French repel, Old French rapel (Modern French rappel) "a recall appeal," back-formation from rapeler.
雙語例句
- 1. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
- 明年將是禁酒令廢除60周年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He plans to repeal a number of current policies.
- 他計劃廢除一些當(dāng)前的政策。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Many voted for the repeal of that property law.
- 許多人投票贊成廢止那項財產(chǎn)法.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Despite continued efforts to repeal this act, federal courts have upheld its major provisions.
- 盡管有人不斷努力以圖撤消這項法律, 聯(lián)邦法院始終堅持執(zhí)行這項法律中的主要條款.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 政府文件
- 5. Abortion repeal is not a question of political expediency. it is part of something greater.
- 廢除禁止人工流產(chǎn)法不是一個政治權(quán)宜之計的問題. 它是一個更大問題的一部分.
來自演講部分